The Capital Beltway may soon see blockades like Ottawa, Canada experienced as truckers protested COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Bob Bolus told Fox 5, an organizer of one of the convoys of truckers heading to Washington, D.C, “We will be along the Beltway where the Beltway will be shut down.”
He added that he plans to leave from Scranton, Pennsylvania on Wednesday morning and drive through the city before heading to the Beltway.
He continued, “I’ll give you an analogy of that of a giant boa constrictor that basically squeezes you, chokes you, and it swallows you, and that’s what we’re going to do to D.C.”
“There will be a lane open for emergency vehicles, they’ll be able to get in and out and all that,” Bolus added. “We will not compromise anybody’s safety or health, one way or the other. As far as if they can’t get to work, geez that’s too bad.”
Bolus claimed that he had heard from hundreds of people who are interested in taking part in the protests.
The planned protests come as truckers in Canada traveled to Ottawa to protest vaccine mandates and brought the city and several border crossings to a standstill. Canadian law enforcement officials have taken action to shut down those protests roughly three weeks after they began.
However, Bolus says the U.S. protest is about more than just the response to the coronavirus. He also said protests are about higher gas prices and immigration policy.
Washington, D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee told reporters on Friday that if there are protests similar to what took place in Canada, “There will be disruptions to traffic, that kind of thing.”
“I think we need to be very candid with the public about some of the expectations based upon what we’ve seen in Ottawa,” he added.