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(46,345 posts)
Sun Apr 24, 2022, 02:40 PM Apr 2022

"People's Convoy" (right-wing truckers) get egged...

Literally.

WATCH: Conservative 'People's Convoy' chased from neighborhood by kids throwing eggs

According to a report by the San Francisco Gate, a conservative trucker convoy traveling through a Bay Area neighborhood was showered with eggs thrown by locals instead of being showered with applause.

The report notes that the so-called "People's Convoy" was formed to protest "Democratic Assemblymember Buffy Wicks’ East Bay home to protest her support of an abortion rights bill," but made the mistake of traveling down a road where they were egged and taunted as they drove through, leading to some confrontations after some of the truckers stopped to get in shouting matches.

The report states, "Livestreams posted by convoy participants show police arriving to protect Wicks’ home, which eventually prompted the group to move on. It was here they made their mistake, driving onto busy, one-lane College Avenue on the Berkeley-Oakland border. There, slowed down by the usual Friday afternoon traffic, they were sitting ducks outside the Safeway. A large group of kids, armed with eggs purchased at the grocery store, began pelting the convoy."

https://www.rawstory.com/2657205470/

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"People's Convoy" (right-wing truckers) get egged... (Original Post) Archae Apr 2022 OP
Kickin' Faux pas Apr 2022 #1
I saw this yesterday and it made me so happy !😃😂🤣😄 kimbutgar Apr 2022 #2
Hahahahaha. Guess they didn't realize where they were. brush Apr 2022 #3
Berkeley-Oakland border? What the fuck did they expect? Novara Apr 2022 #4
It's been their strategy for a while now gratuitous Apr 2022 #10
Kids throwing eggs at them is pretty funny Novara Apr 2022 #12
Now these morons are EGGHEADS usonian Apr 2022 #5
That was incredible PatSeg Apr 2022 #14
Well that made me smile! bif Apr 2022 #21
As a truck driver I have to say... A HERETIC I AM Apr 2022 #23
That's a punishment that perfectly fits the crime. Martin68 Apr 2022 #6
that shit is still going on???????????? Takket Apr 2022 #7
Yes, they seem to be driving around looking for something to be pissed off about . . . . hatrack Apr 2022 #8
Right? Get a JOB, "morans"!!! The Unmitigated Gall Apr 2022 #13
This IS their job. The question is who is paying them to do this. PSPS Apr 2022 #16
Yep, I wonder who is paying their bills PatSeg Apr 2022 #15
Bad trip planning on part of the truck drivers. mwooldri Apr 2022 #9
I would have thrown eggs, too Leith Apr 2022 #11
These "truckers" are not wealthy people. I wonder who is bankrolling this. PSPS Apr 2022 #17
My thoughts... greenjar_01 Apr 2022 #18
So who's old enough to remember ... usonian Apr 2022 #19
I saw at least one fire truck. Government owned? Progressive Lawyer Apr 2022 #20
Fuck yeah. jalan48 Apr 2022 #22
And I'll wager they're bitching about gas prices, too. Haggis 4 Breakfast Apr 2022 #24

kimbutgar

(21,188 posts)
2. I saw this yesterday and it made me so happy !😃😂🤣😄
Sun Apr 24, 2022, 02:43 PM
Apr 2022

Seeing those trucks getting egged and the truckers getting angry but not being able to intimidate the people was outstanding!!!!!!

brush

(53,862 posts)
3. Hahahahaha. Guess they didn't realize where they were.
Sun Apr 24, 2022, 02:44 PM
Apr 2022

Berkeley and Oakland are decidedly not right wing.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
10. It's been their strategy for a while now
Sun Apr 24, 2022, 04:19 PM
Apr 2022

That's why the dimwits in Patriot Prayer and Proud Boys and the other nitwits come to Portland all the time. It's to provoke a response and justify violence. Since we're smarter than these yahoos, progressives and liberals have used a variety of counter-measures to thwart their stratagems. They seem to have gotten tired of being shown up by a bunch of crunchy granola hippies (and their hero got his ass handed to him in the 2020 election), but they'll probably be back, and we'll be ready for them.

usonian

(9,867 posts)
5. Now these morons are EGGHEADS
Sun Apr 24, 2022, 03:20 PM
Apr 2022

+ 1 million


shortcut to the YT video



From an old joke:

(Politician admitted to hospital after being pelted with tomatoes.)

Q. How did you get such serious injuries from being hit with tomatoes?
A. THEY WERE STILL IN THE CAN

A HERETIC I AM

(24,377 posts)
23. As a truck driver I have to say...
Sun Apr 24, 2022, 05:42 PM
Apr 2022

This is the best thing I've seen all week!

Fuck those stupid assholes.

Ya gotta love the irony of a guy who was out protesting a legislator promoting an abortion bill, riding around with "My body, my choice" scrawled on his truck!

hatrack

(59,592 posts)
8. Yes, they seem to be driving around looking for something to be pissed off about . . . .
Sun Apr 24, 2022, 03:37 PM
Apr 2022

Yeah, let's drive through residential neighborhoods blasting our air horns, flying Trump flags and see what reception we get.

Better yet, let's do it in Oakland and Berkeley.

mwooldri

(10,303 posts)
9. Bad trip planning on part of the truck drivers.
Sun Apr 24, 2022, 04:12 PM
Apr 2022

Any good driver knows to have a good trip plan and knows where to avoid ahead of time. Either that or they're a bunch of steering wheel holders....

Leith

(7,813 posts)
11. I would have thrown eggs, too
Sun Apr 24, 2022, 04:30 PM
Apr 2022

Those assholes descended on the neighborhood honking truck horns and running that damn siren. I would have pelted them with eggs, too. I really liked the gentleman in the cargo shorts cussing at the trucker trash and the lady wearing a black T-shirt and mask standing up to the Y'all Qaeda who left his truck to get in her face. His passengers kept honking his truck horn so nobody could hear what he had to say.



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