Trucker Ted joins the People's Convoy in DC: Senator Cruz Rides Shotgun and thanks the COVID mandate protesters for 'standing up for every man, woman and child in America'
U.S. Senator
Ted Cruz joined the People's Convoy on Thursday, riding shotgun with protesters around Washington, D.C., and thanking them for 'standing up for every man, woman and child in America.'
The Texas
Republican spent the day with the truckers, who have formed an American version of the Canadian
Freedom Convoy, protesting federal COVID-19 mandates by blocking traffic around the
Capitol.
Video from the protest movement shows Cruz waving to fellow demonstrators as he thanked them for showing up while the truckers let their horns blare.
'Thank you to The People's Convoy for speaking out for freedom,' Cruz said in a statement.
'Petty government tyrants shouldn't force people to make private health care decisions.'
The now nearly 3,000-vehicle-strong People's Convoy traveled from Southern California nearly 2,500 miles to D.C. on an 11-day journey. The group stopped in major U.S. cities and rural towns along they way, holding rallies and meeting with their supporters.
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz joined the People's Convoy trucker protest on Thursday as he rode shotgun
Cruz got into the truck as a show of support after meeting with the group on Tuesday to hear their demands
Senator Ted Cruz rides shotgun with People's Convoy and thanks the protesters | Daily Mail Online