The right wing Washington Times reports:
D.C. officials alerted businesses Thursday about possible “threats” from pro-life and anti-vaccine protesters who might flout the city’s new vaccination passport mandate this week. The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development emailed the alert to city business owners Thursday morning, citing the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency’s (HSEMA) Business Emergency Management Operations Center.
“Please be aware that there are many groups coming in from outside D.C. who may not be aware of or supportive of the District’s new vaccination requirements for certain establishments.” Organizers of Sunday’s “Defeat the Mandates” protest said unvaccinated protesters have no plans to break the law by demanding entry to local businesses. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will be the featured speaker at Sunday’s protest. He said any “violent provocations” will come from counterprotesters.
Last week organizers of the tomorrow’s annual March For Life accused Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser of purposely timing the start of the city’s mandate to stymie their event. They have encouraged attendees to stay and dine in Virginia only. Joe Rogan has promoted the anti-vax march on his podcast.
>> Heads Up, DC —> Dept. Interior has approved the permit for Sunday, Jan 23 anti-vaccine march: “Defeat the Mandates: An American Homecoming”
• 20,000 people expected to march from Washington Monument to Lincoln Memorial
• Anti-vaccine activist Robert F Kennedy Jr will speak pic.twitter.com/vFNW8h8HwZ
— Mike Valerio (@MikevWUSA) January 16, 2022
We will not accept the Mandates
We will not accept Segregation by Vaccination StatusSupport Defeat the Mandates: An American Homecoming as we march together in peace and unity in DC, Sunday, January 23rd
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— American Homecoming (@dchomecoming) January 15, 2022