Video: Trucker Convoy Swells in Size as It Rolls East Toward Washington, DC

A truckers’ convoy, inspired by Canada’s 🗽Freedom Convoy, began making its way across the U.S. starting in California on Wednesday.

The group is calling for an end to the COVID-19 mandates and the state of national emergency prompted by the pandemic, which was first declared by then-President Donald Trump in March 2020 and just renewed by President Joe Biden last week.

By Friday afternoon, “The People’s Convoy,” as it has been dubbed, had crossed Arizona on Interstate 40, which parallels much of the old U.S. Route 66, and reached Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The group is posting its progress on Facebook.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the convoy consisted of dozens of trucks by the time it reached Kingman, Arizona, Wednesday, where the truckers spent their first night.

In video posted Friday that appeared to be on I-40, perhaps outside of Flagstaff — based on the mountains, snow, and evergreens in the shot — the convoy extended as far as the eye could see.

The group seeks to end COVID 💉Vaccine mandates.

“You want a 💉Vaccine, take it. That’s the whole point of this. It’s about 🗽Freedom: Your 🗽Freedom to choose what you feel is best for your life, within the morals and guidelines of our 📜Constitution,” Landis said.

Ron Coleman, 61, a trucker from Reno, Nevada, told Reuters, “This is for our freedoms, our human rights. Enough is enough.”

Biden reportedly will announce in his State of the Union address Tuesday a change in COVID policies, saying the virus is less of a threat now, but the country should not completely return to pre-pandemic norms.

When it arrives in Washington on March 5, The People’s Convoy does not plan to go into the district, but to stay on the Beltway that surrounds the capital city.

Landis encouraged people to continue to join the convoy, regardless of the type of vehicle, or come out and support it as the truckers roll across the country.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.