Convoy picks up cars and anti-Ukraine talking points ahead of Washington arrival

[Nevilledog]

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Ben Collins
@oneunderscore__
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I'm not excited to report this, but the trucker convoy is very real and headed to somewhere around D.C. tomorrow.

They've picked up dozens of semis and hundreds of cars. The JFK Jr. people joined them. Some might be going to the White House.

nbcnews.com
Convoy picks up cars and anti-Ukraine talking points ahead of Washington arrival
The American offshoot of the “Freedom Convoy” is staging in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and ramping up for its final protest somewhere in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.
11:02 AM · Mar 4, 2022

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/convoy-picks-cars-anti-ukraine-talking-points-ahead-washington-arrival-rcna18716

The American offshoot of the “Freedom Convoy” that brought chaos to Canada’s capital is promising to stop traffic outside of Washington, D.C., on Saturday, but exact plans remained vague Friday as the group hit its last pit stop in Maryland.

The convoy, which was organized on pro-Trump and anti-vaccine channels on the Telegram messaging app, has picked up hundreds of cars and several trucks since the group left a rural parking lot in Adelanto, California, on Feb. 22.

According to extremism researchers following the movement, the convoy now consists of several dozen tractor-trailer trucks and hundreds of cars. The group is staging in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Friday and ramping up for its final protest somewhere in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.

Livestreamers from within the convoy have repeatedly referred to “blocking the Beltway,” the 64-mile highway that surrounds Washington, but specific plans have been kept secret by group leaders.

One organizer, Dan Fitzegerald, who has been livestreaming his journey in the convoy on YouTube, said on a Friday morning stream: “I can tell you now that there will be select trucks going to the White House.”

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[Throck]

1. Oil prices will shut the convoy down.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. who cares? this is 1% of 1% of 1% of 1% of a tiny a&& number of disgruntled Americans.

All probably paid off by rump, who paid for other actors to join him on stage in the past before.

[Nevilledog]

4. We'll see what kind of response this gets in Washington.

[elleng]

7. Some residents will be annoyed; most will ignore.

[doc03]

3. They passed through St

Clairsville Ohio at noon today.

[lagomorph777]

5. Sssshhhh- don't tell them they missed the State of the Union address.

[elleng]

8. Right!

[PortTack]

6. Dc no doubt is ready. If they think they're going to get away with the nonsense that happened in

Canada..think again kids!

[Cha]

17. And, Thank You, for that

Encouraging Right On Message!

[PortTack]

20. 👍👍👍👍

[NBachers]

9. Keep right on going and cross the Freedom Border at Poland.

[maxrandb]

22. I wish they would head for Atlantic City

and then continue east for 100 miles.

[maxrandb]

10. I hope our Commander in Chief and military understand

that some things require a kinetic response.

[Miguelito Loveless]

11. the reponse to this is not gunfire

unless they shoot first. It is ticketing, arrests, and impounded trucks.

[Cha]

18. Yeah!!

[maxrandb]

21. Maybe I would have agreed at one time

But then I saw a group of armed Dipshits seize a National Park in the Pacific Northwest and be treated with the "ticket and arrest" approach.

I saw them run down innocent people and chant Nazi slogans and get the "ticket and arrest" approach.

I saw them violently attacked our capital in an attempt to overthrow our entire way of life and get the "ticket and arrest" treatment

These people are nothing but bullies. The "arrest and ticket" approach has done nothing but encourage them to escalate to more violent and vile acts.

Punch a bully in the nose just one time, and the rest of the bullies get the message.

[struggle4progress]

12. "Pandemic Convoy Russian towards DC!"

[haele]

13. Select trucks going to the White House?

I doubt it. Especially since y'all don't seem to understand opsec.
Your license plates have already been run. If any of you idiots make a move towards an offramp going into DC proper. you will be stopped, one way or another.
Just be happy making a few loops and then go back where you came from.

Haele

[old guy]

14. Maybe it's just me,

but there appears to be just as much traffic going in the opposite direction. There isn't any way to determine which vehicles are just normal traffic and which are "the convoy". Probably just me.

[Wicked Blue]

15. I wonder where their money comes from

Perhaps indirectly from Russia?

[Norbert]

19. Maybe they were paid in rubles.

I certainly hope they have a wheelbarrow full of them to get a gallon of diesel.

[tanyev]

16. It's like a nutjob Roomba.

[Wingus Dingus]

23. I wish people would just ignore them. Who cares about these stupid fuckers?

Edit to add: " anti-Ukraine" talking points suggest where their sponsorship came from. Since when are their grievances related to...foreign policy?