Looks like we got us a convoy.

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I didn't see anything at WTOP. This is just starting up.

It's Wednesday July 6, the 1776 Restoration Movement arrived in Washington, DC over night and are currently hanging out on near the National Mall. They seem to be claiming they will be staying there for a while. We'll see what happens, I guess. 1 of n

The group has parked along the National Mall. They've lined both sides of the street, with more still currently parking nearby. There's a rough count of 30 vehicles along the National Mall alone.

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It looks like 1776RM are on both sides of Madison Drive NW in front of the National Gallery of Art- East Building. They have a few large vehicles- the fake fire truck and 3 bobtails (a semi without a trailer attached to it)- and a few dozen passenger vehicles. #convoywatch 6 of n

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8:55am- A few members of the 1776RM group are standing on top of the fake fire truck. There are speakers set up on the fire truck roof and one person is speaking into a microphone to pedestrians passing by the "protest" site. #convoywatch 11 of n

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Cop from MPD spoke to the group. He says there is a warrant for Riddell's arrest in the state of Maryland for blocking the roadway on July 4 or 5, and that once the police became away of that they were required to arrest him and he will be extradited to Maryland. 13 of n

That last tweet is in reference to this:

Convoy of truckers protest, briefly block traffic along DC area highways, police say
by 7News Staff Monday, July 4th 2022

ROCKVILLE, Md. (7News) — A convoy of trucks protested along D.C. area highways Monday morning, briefly blocking off traffic on I-270 and I-95, say they are actually a group "comprised of nurses, teachers, carpenters, plumbers, engineers, legal professionals, veterans, homemakers, and more."

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The group, 1776 Restoration Movement, say they are "not just truck drivers. We are Constitutional-Republic activists who did a convoy today as part of our peaceful protest."

They sent 7News an email Tuesday, a day after Maryland State Police said they responded to two traffic incidents around 8:15 a.m. on the Fourth of July involving truck convoys. State police said one group of truckers blocked I-270 just before I-370 and another group blocked southbound I-95 just south of route 198. No arrests were made.



Truckers block traffic along I-270 in Maryland on July 4th (7News)

D.C. police also monitored a group of truckers along I-395.

READ MORE | Trucker convoy protesting COVID mandates in DC to continue all week

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