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Protesters of COVID-19 restrictions, and supporters of Canadian truck drivers protesting the COVID-19 vaccine mandate cheer on a convoy of trucks on their way to Ottawa, on the Trans-Canada Highway west of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Tuesday January 25, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/David Lipnowski<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
By\u00a0Enrico Trigoso
\nYourNews.com<\/p>\n
American truckers protesting against vaccine mandates and government overreach have been joining a\u00a0record-breaking Canadian convoy of\u00a0tens of thousands<\/a>\u00a0of vehicles headed to Ottawa.<\/p>\n Brian Von D, the administrator at \u201cConvoy to DC 2022\u201d\u00a0announced that they will \u201cjoin forces\u201d to ride from California to Washington, adding that \u201cAmerica is next.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAs [the Canadian convoy] moved from the west to the east, [the American truckers] have been filtering into this convoy, and it is absolutely massive. It is known worldwide, it is the largest thus far,\u201d he said in a live\u00a0video on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tens of thousands of vehicles were reported to have departed from all parts of Canada.<\/p>\n Truckers and supporters depart on a cross-country convoy destined for Ottawa to protest a federal vaccine mandate for truckers in Delta, B.C. on Jan. 23, 2022. The federal government announced in November that all Canadian truckers looking to cross the border from the United States would need to be vaccinated in order to avoid a 14-day quarantine, a policy that came into effect on Jan. 15. (The Canadian Press\/Darryl Dyck)<\/p>\n A large number from the United States have been joining along the way.<\/p>\n Brian clarified that some numbers \u201crunning around\u201d on social media about the trucks joining the convoy are not correct.<\/p>\n \u201cA\u00a0post says 100,000 to 5,000. Those aren\u2019t correct. Somebody made those numbers up. There\u2019s no way for us to put a number on exactly how many United States trucks have gone over there.<\/p>\n Speaking about the upcoming U.S. convoy, he said \u201cit will start in California and it will end in DC and we\u2019re gonna stay there, just like Canada is doing,\u201d Brian said. \u201cYou\u2019re gonna have your main artery \u2026 everybody will join in as they go down the interstate to DC.\u201d<\/p>\n He added that dates and planned routes would be released soon on a website and various social media platforms, and a GoFundMe page would only be released on their\u00a0CONVOY TO DC 2022<\/a>\u00a0Facebook page.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re done with the mandates, were done with the government telling us what to do, we will continue and we will follow just like the rest of the world on these trucker protests,\u00a0and they will be 100 percent legal, they will abide by the law.\u201d<\/p>\n Brian added that nobody has been kicked out of the convoy so far for failing to abide by agreed-upon terms.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been a unity that I\u2019ve never seen before, not anywhere in the north. Canada has definitely shown that\u2014the most peaceful protest in the convoy I have seen to date,\u201d Brian further stated. \u201cAmerica, it\u2019s your turn, it\u2019s your turn to step up and show what you\u2019re made of.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t care what side you\u2019re on, we don\u2019t care where you\u2019re from, if you live in America, in Canada, or anywhere you may come from, we\u2019re doing it for you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Businesses of different sizes, as well as families all in the two countries, have helped the convoys with food, shelter, and gas.<\/p>\n As they passed through different cities,\u00a0videos on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0show they were greeted with long rows of people cheering and holding Canadian flags, with some shooting off fireworks.<\/p>\n![\"rsz_1cp149401453](\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/01\/24\/rsz_1cp149401453.jpg\" "\\"rsz_1cp149401453")
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