DC Trucker Convoy Defeated By National Cherry Blossom Festival

[babylonsister]

https://www.politicususa.com/2022/03/26/dc-trucker-convoy-defeated-by-national-cherry-blossom-festival.html


Posted on Sat, Mar 26th, 2022 by Jason Easley
DC Trucker Convoy Defeated By National Cherry Blossom Festival


The DC trucker convoy is spending the weekend of the National Cherry Blossom Festival yelling at flower-loving passers-by about freedom.

Via: The Daily Beast media reporter Zachary Petrizzo:

With the National Cherry Blossom Festival going on this weekend in DC, truckers with The People's Convoy intend to hound flower lovers by yelling at them about freedom.

— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) March 26, 2022

Because of the Cherry Blossom Festival, the truckers are spending their time harassing tourists and residents who are trying to enjoy the flowers by yelling at them about freedom.

Freedom cuts both ways. The truckers have the freedom to hold their protest, but the people who want to enjoy the cherry blossoms also have the freedom to not be bothered by some pee-stained truckers who are mad about, well, nobody is really sure what they are mad about, but they are there.

The truckers need to go home. They tried to replicate the chaos in Ottawa and they failed. It didn’t work because they seem to have no clear reason or purpose for being in the DC area.

They all can probably sit on their porches and yell at their neighbors about freedom as they walk past their houses, and it would likely have the same level of impact that they are having currently.

Just when one thinks that the truckers can’t become more impotent, they yell at people trying to enjoy the cherry blossom festival.

At least, they haven’t assaulted anyone yet today.

[Beartracks]

1. The truckers in DC? They're still there?

Pfft.



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[Raven]

2. Don't these folks need to work for a living?

[PSPS]

4. This IS their job. The question is who is paying them to do this.

These are not wealthy people.

[SunSeeker]

6. Exactly. Follow the money! nt

[Hortensis]

10. Anarchist/nationalists or Republican "patriots," most are believers.

That's not to say some serious people aren't necessarily getting serious support. Most of their support is grassroots from people across the nation who are thrilled at their noble endeavor and want to be part of it. And yes, just like our LW "progressive" groups, a great deal of it's professionally organized.

It's really important, though, to realize that people, especially ones doing stuff like this, can and do believe in their "causes," that money may not enter into at all, including cold-eyed leaders.

There may be the funding you speak of for DVE groups, but the biggest state/professional contribution is likely propaganda and social media agitation to get the useful idiots donating, posting their enthusiasm, waving excitedly from the overpasses.

Without the believers to come out and vote, the money's spitting in the wind.

[Hortensis]

11. Anarchist/nationalists or Republican "patriots," most are believers.

That's not to say some serious people aren't necessarily getting serious support.

It's really important to realize people, especially ones doing stuff like this, can and do believe in their "causes," that money may not enter into at all, including cold-eyed leaders who want power or are ideological warriors.

Buying compliance of those who can be bought has been pretty much SOP for a couple hundred years and more. They're the easy ones.

[Emile]

3. How many of these bozos are still in Washington? Can't be

but just a handful of these steering wheel holders calling themselves truck drivers.

[arlyellowdog]

5. I realize this is a conspiracy theory

But someone thought: what would be the lowest level of hell we could send MAGA truckers to. Hmm… convince them to drive the DC Beltway eternally, below speed limit, during a time of historically high gas prices, oh, and get stuck in traffic during cherry blossom season. I think it’s some genius left wing psychological torture.

[SunSeeker]

7. LOL

[maxrandb]

9. The reason this is failing is because maybe...MAYBE...the MSM is waking up

I am convinced to my core that these asspickles believed this was going to be another T-Bagger media feeding frenzy.

The Dipshits on they right saw absolute fucking morons in tri-corner hats, riding Medicare provided MyScooters, screaming like banshees to "get gubmint out of my Medicare", being treated like fucking media darlings.

The more spittle that flew, the more Town Halls that were disrupted, the more the media fueled the coverage.

These hemorrhoid suffering dumbfucks, who fucking break down and cry if Denny's runs out of sausage gravy, think of themselves as some kind of 2022 edition of John Paul Jones.

They saw the media fall all over themselves to give 1000s of hours of free airtime to an gnorant, Earl Scheib spray tan moron with a shaved Golden Retrievers ass for a face, and thought; "why not us?"

Trust me. They were counting on 24/7 saturation news coverage, because the message of the past 40 years has been, the more batshit crazy you are, the more media coverage you get.

In fact, the only place I can find stories about these jacknuts is on DU.

Fucking ignore these turd polishing fucksticks.

[Kaleva]

14. The war in Ukraine made the truckers a very minor story

[AllaN01Bear]

12. didnt the canadian leader get tough with their situation like seizing the truckers

bank accounts and other assets .. maybe its time for mr biden to do same . id hate to see their fuel bill right now with those trucks doing nohting.

[IcyPeas]

13. there are still a handful of live streams on Youtube.

not that many viewers though.

[onenote]

15. Confused -- How is the Cherry Blossom Festival "defeating" the convoy?

Don't see anything in the article that supports the headline.

[arlyellowdog]

16. Just the Cherry Blossom traffic is too frustrating

That and the bridge repair and Beltway accidents and the general horror that is DC traffic. The convoy is usually the fourth or fifth disruption listed on the traffic report. DC people can figure how to deal with the traffic, but the convoy people have made their own hell.