“Freedom Convoy” protesters are expected to congregate in Washington, D.C., this week as U.S. truckers opposed to President Joe Biden’s federal vaccine mandates seek to emulate their Canadian brethren.
Bob Bolus, an organizer of one of the convoys, told local D.C. media that the plan is to “squeeze” the nation’s capital like a “boa constrictor” and shut down the city. “We will be along the Beltway where the Beltway will be shut down,” he told WTTG-TV. Bolus owns a truck parts and towing business in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
He said he plans to leave for D.C. on Wednesday morning and head to the Capital Beltway. There he hopes to join other trucker convoys that are making their way to D.C. this week like “The People’s Convoy,” which will leave from California on Wednesday. “I’ll give you an analogy of that of a giant boa constrictor,” Bolus said.
“That basically squeezes you, chokes you and it swallows you, and that’s what we’re going to do to D.C.” “There will be a lane open for emergency vehicles, they’ll be able to get in and out and all that,” Bolus replied. “We will not compromise anybody’s safety or health, one way or the other.
As far as if they can’t get to work, geez that’s too bad.” When asked if he was prepared to be arrested, Bolus said he did not intend to be. Bolus said it’s unclear how many will be with him, but he’s heard interest from hundreds of people. Truckers in Canada shut down Ottawa over COVID-19 mandates, but Bolus, a long-time Trump Supporter, says issues here are more wide-ranging, from fuel prices to school vaccine requirements to immigration.
FOX 5 was first to report on how D.C. police are mobilizing ahead of the protests, limiting time off for officers and putting nearly 500 officers on civil disturbance units daily starting Wednesday.
