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National Guard to Bolster Cops as Washington Trucker-Convoy Buzz Builds
Supporters and truckers gather in in Adelanto, California, before a ‘People’s Convoy’ departs for Washington, D.C. to protest Covid-19 mandates, on Feb. 23.
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The Pentagon is making as many as 700 National Guard troops available to Washington law enforcement to keep traffic flowing if a threatened protest convoy of trucks clogs the already congested Beltway in coming days.
Social media users opposed to vaccine mandates have posted frequently about the so-called People’s Convoy, inspired by recent protests in Canada. But there is no official organization sponsoring it, and the viability of an 11 day cross-country convoy is unclear and proposals for it have varied. The most prevalent suggests it would arrive near the nation’s capital March 5.