The drivers and supporters turned out to protest vaccine and mask mandates.
Waving American flags and signs decrying vaccine mandates, hundreds of people lined overpass bridges and highway shoulders around New Jersey to cheer on a truck and vehicle convoy, part of a loosely organized series of protests around the country Saturday.
Truckers, joined by supporters in cars and SUVs, then zigzagged down Routes 3, 46 and Interstate 80 toward 287, where more supporters gathered in Morristown to cheer them on as they drove past on their way to the New Egypt Speedway in Ocean County on Saturday, where there was a planned rally. “The NJ Convoy begins and ends in the state of New Jersey,” read the description of one such group online, calling itself the “OFFICIAL NJ Convoy Finale Event & Concert.”
“It’s time to end all of the overbearing mandates that have taken away our rights, choices, and freedoms,” he said. “All these mandates are not okay,” Lissaur said. “We stand for freedom, and freedom means choice. The government is overreaching.” About 76% of the U.S. population has received at least one shot and roughly 65% of all Americans are fully vaccinated.
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