The merry band of anti-vax truckers and their legion of passenger car driving minions made one complete circuit around the DC Beltway Monday before deciding that was enough and heading back to their encampment in Hagerstown, Maryland before rush hour, the Washington Post reports.
Made up of about 130 trucks and other larger vehicles and “hundreds” of passenger cars, the procession arrived at the Beltway around 12:40 p.m., long after the morning rush hour and before the evening traffic. The convoy largely stayed in the right lane of the Beltway, driving 20 to 40 m.p.h., but allowing cars to reach on- and off-ramps when needed.
The organizer of the rally, Brian Brase, acknowledged that some members of the group want to detour to downtown Washington to disrupt traffic there, but he’s not listening to them. “A lot of people want me to say certain things and put this convoy into a certain direction. I’m not going to listen to all of them. I’m going to listen to the people,” Brase said without specifying which people he would listen to.