The 37-year-old lost his livelihood to the pandemic and his son to suicide before directing the right-wing protest circling the Capital Beltway.
into D.C. for a news conference — part of Brase’s public strategy of using diplomacy to achieve the protesters’ goals. He insists the group won’t leave the region until there’s an end to the national public health emergency declaration andThis camaraderie and progress is what he hoped for when he announced the group would loop the Beltway that first weekend.
They are motivated by perceived infringements on their freedoms, including complaints about general government overreach, technology companies “censoring” speech, corruption in pharmaceuticals, a “stolen” election, an untruthful mainstream media and school lessons on diversity, equity and inclusion they label as critical race theory. To them, it’s about taking back a country they feel no longer represents them.
Early last week, Micki Larson-Olson took to the stage in a long blue wig, red, thigh-high heeled boots, and an emblem with the letter Q fastened in the middle of her American flag bodysuit. She told the crowd that Jan. 6 was the most “patriotic day of my life” and proudly shared that she was later arrested for her role in the insurrection. She was charged in D.C. Superior Court with a misdemeanor curfew violation, and a jury trial is scheduled for Sept. 12, court records show.
At the speedway, Gilman said, he has found acceptance. Fellow convoy driver Troy Lundeen, 47 of Buda, Ill., agreed.“Because they’ll actually talk to you here,” Lundeen said. He grabbed the attention of national news, wrangled another meeting, with Republican members of the House Transportation Committee, and spread the group’s message. He also lamented that it seemed that only Republicans were willing to come to the table for a cause he argues should cross the aisle.He does not know everybody staring back at him every morning or night, or the thousands of people talking about him and his protest convoy in online chat rooms.
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