Washington DC ‘Defeat the Mandates’ march calls to end for COVID-19 vaccine requirements: ‘draconian laws’

The “Defeat the Mandates” march took to the streets and monuments of Washington, D.C., as protestors and audio system referred to as for an finish to COVID-19 vaccine mandates nationwide. 

Quite a lot of main U.S. cities together with D.C., New York Metropolis, Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Boston have applied citywide guidelines requiring residents to point out proof of vaccination at sure institutions, akin to eating places and gymnasiums.

The peaceable protest began round midday on the Washington Monument and headed first to the Lincoln Memorial, the place it remained whereas a sequence of audio system took to the steps to share their experiences of the previous yr and their causes to name for an finish to the vaccine mandates. 

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Between 30,000 and 35,000 individuals attended the protest, demanding an finish to vaccine mandates and passports and a name for affordable debate and the ability of knowledgeable consent. 

“You’re going to listen to lots of people speak about on the left say this can be a massive, anti-vax rally — it’s individuals coming in to disclaim science,” march organizer Will Witt, an creator and political commentator for nonprofit PragerU, advised Fox Information Digital final week. 

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“However this march is in regards to the mandate, and this march is in regards to the Draconian measures that we’re seeing all throughout this nation proper now, particularly in locations like D.C., New York Metropolis, Los Angeles, San Francisco.”

A number of teams sponsored the occasion, together with the Entrance Line COVID-19 Essential Care Alliance, World Council for Well being, Vaccine Security Analysis Basis, and Kids’s Well being Protection – headed by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 

The rally ended round 3:30 p.m. 

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Fox Information’ Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.