The People’s Convoy has made its way across the country and was headed toward Washington D.C., but has faced an obstacle.
In an incredibly bold move made by the Washington D.C. police, formed a gridlock blocking freeway exits four miles away from the city.
Is there any justification for the gridlock?
Not at all, well except to deter the People’s Convoy from voicing their opinion of the mandates still being forced in America.
However, while this gridlock is absolutely disgusting, the police did have the common courtesy to at least warn residents of the closures and delays they were going to face.
Wasn’t that nice of them? (sarcasm)
The Daily Caller reported, that hundreds of truck drivers continued to face major delays Wednesday while attempting to enter Washington, D.C. to participate in protests related to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions.
The truckers met standstill traffic Wednesday afternoon on the 14th Street Bridge, enough to cause some of the drivers to exit their trucks and stand on the side of the road, ABC7 News reported.
The drivers claim the police are responsible for the ongoing gridlock, according to the outlet. D.C. police have blocked exits from the Beltway into the city for four miles between the Potomac River and Anacostia since the convoy arrived in the district two weeks ago.
The Metropolitan Police Department closed numerous freeway exits to keep traffic moving safely through the city, according to 7News. The department alerted residents of the area to expect delays and closures.
“The District of Columbia was monitoring and prepared for demonstration activity this afternoon,” Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency Director Christopher Rodriguez said in a statement Wednesday. “The Metropolitan Police Department implemented targeted traffic control measures as part of our layered mitigation strategy…to minimize disruptions to our residents and businesses by keeping large commercial vehicles off our surface streets.”
Considering that these protests have been non-violent, what is the real reason for this extreme blockade?
We all know that the Washington D.C. police force did not take these sorts of precautions when BLM was rioting in the streets.
The truckers and other drivers have been looping the Beltway since arriving in Hagerstown, calling on the government to end its use of “emergency powers.”
“The cure was worse than the disease,” People’s Convoy Spokesperson Maureen Steele said of the government’s actions, according to News7. She claims suicide and divorce rates went “through the roof” due to COVID-19 restrictions.
My guess is that Joe Biden doesn’t want anyone to see the convoy so that the focus stays on Ukraine.
If everyone is focusing on Ukraine they will not focus on all the issues that the Biden team has created.
They’re controlling what America and the world see.
