Rand Paul encourages the Freedom Convoy to come to the US

"I’m all for it. Civil disobedience is a time-honored tradition in our country, from slavery to civil rights, you name it," commented Paul. "Peaceful protest, clog things up, make people think about the mandates."

"And some of this, we [legislators in the US] started," he added, according to the Daily Signal, who hosted the interview with the firebrand senator.

Rand continued by explaining his point: "We put mandates on truckers coming across the border from Canada, so then they put mandates on, and the truckers are annoyed."

Rand added that the truckers are "riding in a cab by themselves, most of them for eight, 10-hour long hauls, and they just want to do what they want to do. It’s their own business."

"I hope the truckers do come to America," Rand continued, and when asked how he thinks Washington DC would deal with all the congestion, he replied, "I don’t know if it’ll affect DC."

"It’d be a nice change. We’d actually have some traffic," he opined, referring to the fact that much of the city continues to be shut down.