Stay informed and gain unlimited access to the Daily Beast's unmatched reporting. Get the Daily Beast's biggest scoops and scandals delivered right to your inbox. “Just because the amount of people don’t show up,” he said, “it’s not about that, we are going to stick to what we are doing.” The DHS public safety alert issued on Tuesday stated that the proposed dates for the American version of Canada’s trucker convoy are intended to coincide with the Super Bowl, which is scheduled to take place in Inglewood, Calif., on Sunday, and President Biden’s upcoming State of the Union address on March 1 in Washington. conclusion, before claiming that it “wasn’t about” turnout, actually. Originally, the rally was meant to start in Barstow but. Come on, man,” Sefcik joked about the rally, which wrapped up hours ahead of its planned 8 p.m. The convoy will seek to disrupt traffic around the Washington, D.C., area before President Biden’s State of the Union address on March 1. While speaking with The Daily Beast as a small group of guitar players replaced him on stage, Sefick acknowledged his poor showing. Other oddities at the sparsely attended event included speakers who only went by their first names, including “Pastor Clark” and “Pastor Sermon,” and incomprehensible speeches full of tortured metaphors about cows, fences and about the need to understand God. Truck Convoy Organizer’s Plan Sputters Like a Busted Engine “They are making it clear from the start what their goals are, they are making everything transparent, so there is no guesswork… This, ladies and gentlemen, is how it’s done!”ĭ.C. “Listen, this is how it’s done,” Fox News host Dan Bongino said last week. The “Stage of Freedom” flop came after right-wing media stars had spent days hyping and praising the rally. Near the end of his speech to a row of television cameras, Sefcik admitted he had “lost money” on the day’s activities. “I’d still be right here because I keep my word.” The protests could potentially affect the Super Bowl in Los Angeles on Sunday and the State of the Union address in Washington, D.C., on March 1, according to an internal memo from DHS obtained by. “We have increased available resources, including the activation of our Civil Disturbance Units, in preparation for these activities.“But I still showed up, even if none of you did,” he continued. “As with all First Amendment demonstrations, MPD will be monitoring, assessing and planning accordingly with our local, state, and federal partners,” Gertz said. Metropolitan Police Department is “aware of potential First Amendment activities” but no application had been submitted to the department, said spokesperson Alaina Gertz. Tickets to attend that speech in the House chamber will be limited to members of Congress, and some staffers and media, and attendees must remain fully masked, officials announced Thursday. Trucks and vans are prohibited from entering the area around Capitol complex without the delivery companies and drivers having letters on file with the Capitol Police. But authorities will likely be on high alert again when Biden is scheduled to deliver his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. 6, 2021, insurrection have come down and both chambers of Congress are in recess until Feb. Security barricades erected after the Jan. The Capitol remains closed to the public because of the pandemic. But they implied they would have a harder time doing so if people from the Washington area joined.Īt least one group purporting to be organizing a convoy is raising money on the web for a cross-country protest beginning in California. Security officials could easily monitor and prepare for trucker movements from outside the metro area, the official said. One of the officials familiar with the briefings said there was real concern Washington could be the sight of a similar protest in the coming weeks. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has invoked emergency powers in an attempt to quell those protests, and police have worked to clear the streets of the protesters. Trucker convoy protests are expected to continue through early March, before and after Bidens first State of the Union address on March 1. Truck drivers and others protesting vaccine requirements and other public-health measures during the Covid-19 pandemic have snarled the Canadian capital of Ottawa for three weeks. In a statement Friday, the Capitol Police said local, state and federal law enforcement agencies as well as the District of Columbia National Guard are “aware of plans for a series of truck convoys” arriving in the city around the time of Biden’s March 1 address and are coordinating security planning.Ĭapitol Police officials briefed congressional staff on the status of those plans Friday afternoon.
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