U.S. Rep. Keith Self told Fox News that the upcoming “Take Our Border Back” trucker protest is expected to draw upwards of 700,000 vehicIes.
The convoy is expected to draw truckers and other protesters from across the country, with meetups starting as early as Monday, January 29. According to the event website, organizers are calling on “all active & retired law enforcement and miIitary, Veterans, Mama Bears, elected officials, business owners, ranchers, truckers, bikers, media and LAW ABIDING, freedom-loving Americans” to participate in a peaceful assembly and prayer.
Protesters are expected to visit the critical border crossing of Eagle Pass, Texas, where Lonestar State officials are currentIy engaged in a standoff with the federal government over border security measures.
Additional border points in San Ysidro, California and Yuma, Arizona are also set as destination points for demonstrators.
While speaking with Fox News earlier this week, Rep. Self revealed that organizers are expecting upwards of 700,000 vehicIes to participate in the convoy.
Well, the people that have organized this are the same people that went to California to D.C. with the truckers, he said, referencing trucker convoys that were launched in protest of CO VID-era vaccine mandates. I understand we’re going to be joined by Canadian truckers. So these people are committed to a peacefuI demonstration that we’ve had enough.