By John Dobberstein, Editor
The People’s Convoy rumbled through Broken Arrow on the Creek Turnpike Sunday afternoon as participants continued to demand an end to the “national emergency” declared regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.
Supporters of the convoy, which began Feb. 23 in Adelanto, Calif., lined bridges all across the turnpike waiving American flags, as well as Trump flags, signs and other items to show their support.
The Facebook group Oklahoma Freedom Convoy document comments, videos and photos of the convoy’s crossing of the state.
The convoy participants were expected to stop over in Vinita Sunday night before heading back on the road again Monday.
Organizers of The People’s Convoy said the truckers and blue-collar workers in the U.S. participating in the convoy are being joined by supporters from all walks of life – frontline doctors, lawyers, first responders, former military servicemen and women, students, retirees, mothers, fathers and children.
“The message of The People’s Convoy is simple. The last 23 months of the COVID-19 pandemic have been a rough road for all Americans to travel: spiritually, emotionally, physically, and – not least financially,” organizers said last week as their trip began. “With the advent of the vaccine and workable therapeutic agents, along with the hard work of so many sectors that contributed to declining COVID-19 cases and severity of illness, it is now time to re-open the country.
“The average American worker needs to be able to end-run the economic hardships of the last 2 years, and get back to the business of making bread – so they can pay their rents and mortgages and help jumpstart this economy.”
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