Trucker convoy headed to Washington, D.C., to protest COVID mandates rolls out of California

Several hundred people gathered Wednesday morning in the Mojave Desert to send off a group of truckers driving cross-country to protest COVID-19 mandates. “Because we don’t want another Jan. 6,” Steele said, referring to the 2021 insurrection, when a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol. World & Nation Canada lawmakers extend emergency powers for truck protests Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said earlier that the powers were still needed despite police ending the occupation of the nation’s capital by truckers over the weekend. “Although participating service members will conduct traffic control, they will not affect arrests or conduct other such law enforcement activities.” The People’s Convoy organizers are demanding the American government drop all pandemic-related mandates and “re-open the country,” according to a statement from the group. “But maybe also let’s get Trump back in there.” The convoy’s 11-day trek will make stops in Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and other states.