A grassroots group that has organized a convoy to the southern border took off from Jacksonville, Florida, on Tuesday, January 30, en route to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on day two of their week-long trek across the southern United States.
The convoy, dubbed “Take Our Border Back,” kicked off on Jan. 29 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and will commence with three events on Feb. 3 near the border in Texas, Arizona, and California.
The group is seeking to bring attention to the border crisis as tensions rise between the state of Texas and the federal government.
“Change is hard in this country, and the people in it are used to being divided,” Mr. YG Nyghtstorm, who is riding in the leading vehicle with event organizers, told participants before leaving Florida on Tuesday morning. “They are used to hating each other for different reasons, for political reasons. But this isn’t about politics. This is about our faith, our families and our country, and we are going to evangelize first. We protect our border, though we also evangelize, and we push the love, grace, and mercy of Jesus Christ.”…
