Thousands were out in Washington, D.C., Sunday for the ‘Defeat the Mandates’ rally. As we previously reported, this event is being coordinated with others around the world on Jan. 22 (Satuday) and Jan. 23 (Sunday).
They came from all sides of the political aisle, speaking up against the mandates.
“The goal is to show a unified front of bringing people together — vaccinated, unvaccinated, Democrats, Republicans, all together in solidarity,” said organizer Matt Tune, an unvaccinated 48-year-old from Chicago. He said he wants the event “to help change the current narrative…” [….]
Suzanne Robertson, 52, traveled from New Jersey for the anti-mandate march, carrying a sign that said she was a lifelong liberal Democrat until the last year. Robertson, who works in sales, said she contracted the coronavirus in March 2020 but only had mild symptoms. She said she campaigned for Bernie Sanders and voted for President Biden and had never before voted for a Republican until recently —when she stopped identifying with a political party all together, disappointed in Biden’s chastisement of those who choose not to get the shot.
Matthew Tune is a Director of Sales and Marketing at NBCUniversal. Children’s Health Defense is sponsoring the event. The event has also been plugged by Dr. Robert Malone on Joe Rogan’s podcast and Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox. Malone is one of the speakers, as is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
That said, there were a lot of “F**k Joe Biden” flags and attitude in attendance, along with “Let’s go, Brandon.”
Warning for graphic language.
Chants of “We will not comply!” as crowds continue to gather at the Washington Monument, ahead of today’s rally and march against mandates in DC pic.twitter.com/CpuFVoPYCC
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) January 23, 2022
Thousands packed in front of the Lincoln Memorial, as speakers for today’s rally against vaccine mandates take the stage pic.twitter.com/y54HkVqP7G
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) January 23, 2022
Crowd chants, "save the children," and "stop the mandates" outside of the Lincoln Memorial at the anti-mandate march.#DefeatTheMandates #HappeningNow pic.twitter.com/TrpMf2A9qK
— Scootercaster (@ScooterCasterNY) January 23, 2022
Robert F Kennedy, Jr. just arrived to the Defeat the Mandates rally.#DefeatTheMandates #WashingtonDC pic.twitter.com/sEvAOqLrU1
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There were even a few counter-protester culties chanting their love for Dr. Anthony Fauci.
"We Love Fauci" Chant counter-protesters at #DefeatTheMandates rally and chant "Quack Quack Quack!" as a a man in doctor jacket walks by pic.twitter.com/4hq78puLWs
— Scootercaster (@ScooterCasterNY) January 23, 2022
The National Park Services approved a permit for 20,000 people, and the people marched from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial, where they listened to speeches. About 6,000 are anticipated to be federal workers who are against mandates. The SCOTUS struck down the mandate imposed on private businesses with 100 or more employees and on Friday, a Texas federal court struck down the mandate on federal workers.
D.C. is requiring vaccines to get into local restaurants, so that may be an issue for the thousands who have shown up from across the country.
The federal law enforcement and D.C. police are watching the rally. But fears of “feds” didn’t stop the thousands from showing up. Kennedy Jr. said that they were committed to non-violent action. He said if there was any “provocation,” it would come from the government.
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