Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has come out firmly on the side of the Canadian freedom convoy of truckers, saying that he hopes they “do come to America”
Paul gave a full-throated endorsement to the convoy while sitting down for an interview with the Daily Signal.
“I’m all for it,” Paul said with regards to the freedom trucker convoys. “Civil disobedience is a time-honored tradition in our country, from slavery to civil rights, to you name it. Peaceful protest, clog things up, make people think about the mandates.”
“And some of this, we started,” the senator continued. “We put [COVID-19] mandates on truckers coming across the border from Canada so they put mandates on, and the truckers are annoyed. They’re riding in a cab by themselves, most of them for eight, 10-hour long hauls, and they just want to do what they want to do. It’s their own business.” Read more…