Extent of trucker convoy participants unclear as media, organizers present conflicting numbers

At least two factions of the People’s Convoy set out for Washington today, but the actual number of truckers participating is yet to be seen. 

While it is known that two separate yet related convoys set out from both Adelanto, California and Scranton, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, February 23rd, there have been multiple discrepancies in media coverage regarding the actual number of truckers participating. 

According to ABC 13, Bob Bolus, organizer of the Scranton convoy, told reporters that somewhere around 20 semi trucks were ready to join the convoy. However, both Reuters and Rolling Stone reported that only one semi truck was participating out of Scranton. The Guardian also reported that the Scranton convoy “consisted of a tractor-trailer rig, a dump truck and a handful of pickup trucks.” The Scranton protest initially intended to block the DC Beltway, but even Bolus told reporters that the alleged 20 participating rigs was not enough to warrant such a protest. 

We’re not going to camp there. Let me put it that way,” Bolus said to ABC 7. “We’re not camping on the Beltway. We’re gonna have our voices heard and let them understand this is only the tip of the iceberg.”