Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky told conservative website Daily Signal he’s all for anti-vaccine trucker convoys to “clog up” metro areas across the U.S. Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been well aware that truckers could soon embark for Washington, D.C. Still, this weekend, a more immediate threat could be a convoy headed to the Super Bowl in California.
“I’m all for it,” Paul said in the interview last Thursday. “Civil disobedience is a time-honored tradition in our country, from slavery to civil rights, you name it. Peaceful protest, clog things up, make people think about the mandates.”
“And some of this, we started,” he added. “We put [COVID-19] mandates on truckers coming across the border from Canada, so then they put mandates on, and the truckers are annoyed. They’re riding in a cab by themselves, most of them for eight, 10-hour long hauls, and they just want to do what they want to do. It’s their own business.”
“Freedom Convoy” demonstrations against medical tyranny have so far been peaceful across Canada for more than a week, causing congestion issues in Canada’s capital, Ottawa, and blocking one of the most crucial land ports on the U.S.-Canada border crossing that connects Detroit and Windsor, two regions responsible for a sizeable chunk of output for the North American auto industry.
Paul added, “I hope the truckers do come to America, and I hope they clog up cities.”