February 24, 2022

"A group of US truckers embarked in a convoy of vehicles on Wednesday on a 2,500 mile cross-country trip from Barstow, California to Washington DC to protest against coronavirus restrictions."

"The group, which is calling itself the 'people’s convoy,' is one of several starting from different parts of the country and due to start arriving in the US capital at various points through to late next week – all inspired by the demonstrations that recently paralyzed Canada’s capital city, Ottawa, for weeks....  Some of the trucker groups are scheduled to arrive in time for Joe Biden’s State of the Union address next Tuesday, 1 March.... The Pentagon said on Tuesday it had approved 400 national guard troops from the District of Columbia, who would not carry weapons, to help at traffic posts from this Saturday through 7 March. About 50 large tactical vehicles were also approved to be placed at traffic posts. In addition, up to 300 national guard troops from outside of Washington were approved to come to the city to assist at traffic posts if needed. Brian Brase, a truck driver who is one of the organizers, said that, regardless of where the trucks stop, 'we’re not going anywhere' until the group’s demands are met.... We plan to stay a while and hope they don’t escalate it the way Trudeau did with his disgusting government overreach'... Organisers bill the convoy as non-partisan, trucker-led, and supported by a wide range of ethnic minorities and religious faiths. However, as in Canada, significant elements of the protest appeared to attract a rightwing crowd...."

From "US trucker convoy gathers for cross-country trip to protest Covid rules/Group calling itself the ‘people’s convoy’ is one of several due to arrive in capital, similar to the demonstrations in Ottawa" (The Guardian).

57 comments:

tim in vermont said...

Stinks of astroturf, and you can bet that there will be genuine fringe elements and agent provocateurs deployed by the regime. This plays into Pelosi's hand.

Enigma said...

"However, as in Canada, significant elements of the protest appeared to attract a rightwing crowd...."

That's perhaps the most obvious statement of all time:

1. The protest is headed to DC when the Democratic Party is in control. Protesting!
2. Truckers are truckers and the ultimate "rubber meets the road" pragmatists. They are paid to do what it takes to get the job done on time and on budget. They did this throughout the pandemic too. Even if a trucker is in the Teamsters union, they'd rarely be considered leftwing relative to current left priorities.

I'll wait and see about the value and motives of the US convoy, as it's late to the game.

Achilles said...

These people are protesting during wartime!

They are now all Putin supporters.

You cannot protest against a president during Wartime.

Big Mike said...

However, as in Canada, significant elements of the protest appeared to attract a rightwing crowd....

Working for a living is “right wing” now?

Achilles said...

tim in vermont said...

Stinks of astroturf, and you can bet that there will be genuine fringe elements and agent provocateurs deployed by the regime. This plays into Pelosi's hand.

The fact that the media is reporting it at all is suspicious.

mikee said...

When farmers occupied the National Mall with tractors back in the Carter era, they stayed for several weeks and helped pull motorists out of snowbanks during a winter storm. I predict that the reception for truckers by Dementia Joe's handlers won't be as gentle.

Which is why I'd propose a boycott of trucking to DC rather than a park-in. Let the city face empty shelves for a week or three, with nobody to arrest.

farmgirl said...

Pray for them. Please.
I’m afraid our citizens won’t be as gracious or friendly as Canada’s.

Robert Marshall said...

"However, as in Canada, significant elements of the protest appeared to attract a rightwing crowd . . ."

They say it as if that was a contradiction of the rest of the description: non-partisan, trucker-led, and supported by a wide range of ethnic minorities and religious faiths.

And as if it was a bad thing!

Wait till they see the "rightwing crowd" that will probably turn out for this November's elections. They won't like that either.

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

Boy they gave it away early with that scary assertion that the Convoy is “attracting Right Wing support” didn’t they? After all that’s Rogan’s primary sin too, and Trump and ANY competent leader to the right of the Squad. How dare you attract conservatives!

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

Maybe Joe’s brownshirts can find a tiny minority woman to stomp on for supporting the Convoy, just like Justin did.

nbks said...

The best move for truckers would be a no-work/slow-work effort targeting a couple high profile cities. Slowing just 2% of deliveries into NYC and DC would go a long way to focusing attention on trucker concerns. Plus, there is no risk to truckers from arrest - a trucker siting on their couch is indistinguishable from any other Democrat voting constituency.

ColoComment said...

City Journal had a nice piece that I read last night, that contemplated our current political / social / economic relative power situation as a manifestation of the "Physicals" v the "Virtuals."

https://www.city-journal.org/canada-trucker-protests-and-the-new-class-divide?wallit_nosession=1

wendybar said...

Is that why the fences went up to protect the protected class from peon serfs??

TheDopeFromHope said...

We know that Joe Biden will be foursquare behind the truck convoy. Why?, you ask. Because he used to drive the big rigs: “I used to drive an 18-wheeler, man."

https://nypost.com/2021/07/29/biden-mocked-for-claiming-he-used-to-drive-an-18-wheeler/

n.n said...

Not restrictions generally, but rather unscientifically supported restrictions, and Mengele experiments (e.g. experimental medical treatments, denial of natural immunity, and restrictions of safe, effective, affordable choices) processed through involuntary choice and force mandates specifically.

nbks said...

The best move for truckers would be a no-work/slow-work effort targeting a couple high profile cities. Slowing just 2% of deliveries into NYC and DC would go a long way to focusing attention on trucker concerns. Plus, there is no risk to truckers from arrest - a trucker siting on their couch is indistinguishable from any other Democrat voting constituency.

n.n said...

there will be genuine fringe elements and agent provocateurs deployed by the regime. This plays into Pelosi's hand.

Denial of civil rights, certainly, and undoubtedly a probable Whitmer-closet, with government "heroes" ready and waiting to relieve any unwitting and politically convenient "burdens".

Butkus51 said...

I watched a lot of canada convoy on the ground footage from non-CBC people. It was a tailgate party. People were always offering food. I didnt see one act of violence until the police showed up. People of all races, notably First Peoples party.........yeah, Trudeaus against indigineous people too.

Heil

gspencer said...

FBI employees driving those trucks.

wendybar said...

I bet those fake feds will turn up with their tan pants, red hats, sunglasses and the same crew cuts.

Original Mike said...

I hope they've already taken their money out of their bank

tim maguire said...

If their goal is to let Biden off the hook for the supply chain problem by making themselves an easy target for blame, then this will be a great success.

Browndog said...

I see this working out as well for the truckers as J6 worked out for Trump supporters.

rcocean said...

Nice idea but six months too late. CV-19 is over. Some blue states and cities love the masks and the lockdowns (and working from home) and they will hang on longer but the word has come down. We need to get the economy rolling, and Biden's Democrat party has midterm elections in November.

Besides, the DC authorities will be even more brutal than Ottawa.

Temujin said...

My favorite part is when they put 'peoples convoy' in speech marks. Now they should do that with 'power to the people'. Or 'Peoples Republic' of China. Or...

Albania People's Republic of Albania (1946–1976) and Socialist People's Republic of Albania (1976–1991)
Angola People's Republic of Angola (1975–1992)
Benin People's Republic of Benin (1975–1990)
Bukharan People's Soviet Republic (1920–1925)
Bulgaria People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946–1990)
Republic of the Congo People's Republic of the Congo (1969–1992)
Ethiopia People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1987–1991)
Hungary Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)
Cambodia People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979–1989)
Khorezm People's Soviet Republic (1920–1925)
North Korea Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1948–1992/2009)[a]
Mongolia Mongolian People's Republic (1924–1992)
Mozambique People's Republic of Mozambique (1975–1990)
Poland Polish People's Republic (1952–1989)
Romania Romanian People's Republic (1947–1965)
Tuvan People's Republic (1921–1944)
Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets (1917–1918; united into the Ukrainian Soviet Republic)
South Yemen People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1967–1990)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1963)

None of which were places any actual not-in-power people ended up wanting to live in. Unlike the people's convoy which will actually welcome anyone who wants to be with them. However, if you are against them, you'll probably not be welcome. Go figure. It's like BLM, only with far fewer racist people.

Michael K said...


Blogger Big Mike said...

However, as in Canada, significant elements of the protest appeared to attract a rightwing crowd....

Working for a living is “right wing” now?


Of course it is. In those riots and the smash and grab shoplifting, you know what is safe ?

Work boots and work clothing.

rehajm said...

The Publix was fully stocked today. Even french fry options...

Even Boston's new socialist mayor is reconsidering mandates...

PM said...

Was going to mock that NYT ad by writing I am 'imagining each truck without its driver’, then I realized, all too soon, that may be the case.

Bob Boyd said...

Never interfere when your enemy is destroying himself. - Napoleon

Joe Smith said...

'FBI employees driving those trucks.'

Bingo.

60% are feds...

Bob Boyd said...

Now is not the time for a convoy protest. Now is the time to park your truck down by the river and watch, for the bodies of your enemies will soon float by.

Josephbleau said...

This is a very bad idea. Bullies like Polosi win by making you so mad you fight back and then they stomp you and say they are the victim. The smart play is to stay home and work on the election, take over Congress. Then start your own investigations including subpoenas for all the Russia gate FBI misdeeds.

Copycat protest is a bad way to go, the people you are protesting have had time to war game you.

Michelle Dulak Thomson said...

I agree with jk. The easiest thing for truckers to do is just to withdraw their labor. No blockades for DC . . . but also no food. Or anything else. As someone here (I think) said last week, the only thing worse than truckers taking their trucks to Ottawa is truckers not taking their trucks to Ottawa.

Of course, this would require support from us non-truckers. And, predictably, they have gone to extreme lengths to prevent this in Canada; US next. I don't know how it could be arranged. Maybe a family willing to "sponsor" a trucker could give privately, via mailed checks? But there still probably has to be some online nexus, and there is no way the Biden Administration will let that pass.

gadfly said...

"Peoples" anything used to relate to communism as in "Workers and oppressed peoples of all countries, unite!" - from the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

Leora said...

Mike Cernovich thinks this is a Fed setup and he may be right.

Greg The Class Traitor said...

"However, as in Canada, significant elements of the protest appeared to attract a rightwing crowd...."

That's an interesting comment.

Apparently the writer believes that "being of interest to people I don't like" == "utterly illegitimate"

It's so nice of teh totalitarians to see identify like that

Butkus51 said...

uhm, the truckers went to school on Ottawa.

Gospace said...

Why I’m suspicious of the organizers and expect there is a false flag coming. “People’s Convoy” It is generally true that left wingers believe conservatives of all sorts are ignorant rubes. They’re not. And there’s no way I can believe that any right wing movement would label itself as “People’s” anything. That phrasing has long been wholly owned by Commies and Commie sympathizers like the entire Democrat party.

Jim at said...

If they really want to protest the idiotic restrictions, stop making deliveries.

Because I suspect the people who oppose what's been going on for the last two years are the same people who've been stocking up.

Bruce Hayden said...

Of course they are somewhat right win. That translates to freedom loving. I will pick that over authoritarian, or left wing, any day.

Readering said...

Putin arresting demonstrators throughout Russia. Covid restrictions. Maybe Canadian and US truckers can rent trucks in Russia.

Rusty said...

Blogger Big Mike said...
"However, as in Canada, significant elements of the protest appeared to attract a rightwing crowd....

Working for a living is “right wing” now?"
They aren't THEIR workers. And by "workers" I mean shills paid for by the democrat party.

n.n said...

rightwing crowd

Libertarian. The far-right is anarchist. The far-left is totalitarian. The left-right nexus is leftist.

n.n said...

a Fed setup

A probable Whitmer-closet per chance January 6, extend an invitation, pull the rug, force a riot ("disorder"), abort an unarmed woman in a prone position (cold-blood), and kick another to confirm she is no longer viable per planned parent/hood protocol.

Michael K said...

Copycat protest is a bad way to go, the people you are protesting have had time to war game you.

I agree with this. There is a serious possibility of a false flag operation. They will be treated like the Jan 6 political prisoners.

gadfly said...

Ah, breaker one-nine, this here's the Rubber Duck
You gotta copy on me, Pig Pen, c'mon?
Ah, yeah, 10-4, Pig Pen, fer shure, fer shure
By golly, it's clean clear to Flag Town, c'mon
Yeah, that's a big 10-4 there, Pig Pen
Yeah, we definitely got the front door, good buddy
Mercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a convoy

Was the full of the moon on the 24 of Feb'ry
In a Kenworth pullin' logs
Cab-over Pete with a reefer on
And a Jimmy haulin' hogs
We is headin' for bear on I-four-oh
'Bout a mile outta Shaky Town
I says, "Pig Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck
"And I'm about to put the hammer down"

'Cause we got a little ol' convoy
Rockin' through the night
Yeah, we got a little ol' convoy
Ain't she a beautiful sight?
Come on and join our convoy
Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way
We gonna roll this truckin' convoy
'Cross'n the USA

Ah, breaker, Pig Pen, this here's the Duck
And, you wanna back off them hogs?
Yeah, 10-4, 'bout five mile or so.
Ten, roger. Them hogs is gettin' in-tense up here

Mikey NTH said...

Blockade? No.
Rather, try an embargo. Cease running to some places or only run on some days. Try "work to rule" also and observe every workplace rule and regulation.

You want to get attention, do just that.

Howard said...

You people are all over the map.

Michael K said...

Howard said...

You people are all over the map.


Yes, we are. I know that offends your authoritarian heart but we have all kinds on our side.

MadTownGuy said...

jk said...

"The best move for truckers would be a no-work/slow-work effort targeting a couple high profile cities. Slowing just 2% of deliveries into NYC and DC would go a long way to focusing attention on trucker concerns. Plus, there is no risk to truckers from arrest - a trucker siting on their couch is indistinguishable from any other Democrat voting constituency."

They could park their trucks near home and claim to be under a 14-day COVID quarantine.

MadTownGuy said...

PM said...

"Was going to mock that NYT ad by writing I am 'imagining each truck without its driver’, then I realized, all too soon, that may be the case."

If a significant number of drivers are arrested or have their assets frozen, that's one way it could happen.

MadTownGuy said...

Temujin said...

"My favorite part is when they put 'peoples convoy' in speech marks. Now they should do that with 'power to the people'. Or 'Peoples Republic' of China. Or..."

That's because when they refer to 'The People,' what they really mean is the State apparatus. Same thing with 'Democratic."

Greg The Class Traitor said...

Howard said...
You people are all over the map.

Why yes, Howard, unlike your side, we don't all march in lockstep conformity.

We consider that a feature, not a bug

Greg The Class Traitor said...

Readering said...
Putin arresting demonstrators throughout Russia. Covid restrictions. Maybe Canadian and US truckers can rent trucks in Russia.

So, Readering, you're telling us that Putin is acting like Trudeau, and since he uttered the words "Covid restrictions" you're supporting him?

Bunkypotatohead said...

It wouldn't take very many trucks scattered around the capital beltway and slowing down to 20mph to turn the whole place into a parking lot.

Meade said...

My thought exactly, Bunky.

Iman said...

Soiled lululemons from mincing lefties. Groundhog Day.