Truckers protested against low freight rates outside the White House Saturday, while heavily armed men surrounded the New Hampshire and Oregon capitols as anti-lockdown demonstrations continue into the weekend.
A convoy of around 70 trucks descended on Washington DC for a second day Saturday to protest against low freight rates that truckers say are hammering the industry and leaving them unable to put food on the table amid the coronavirus pandemic.
As truckers sought to get the attention of President Trump and urge him to provide some respite to the industry, other forms of protests were also taking place across the nation.
Anti-lockdown protesters marched on the capitol buildings in New Hampshire and Oregon Saturday demanding an end to stay-at-home orders.
Heavily armed men carrying rifles and sporting camouflage gear marched on the New Hampshire Statehouse in protest against Governor Chris Sununu’s extension to the state’s stay-at-home order.
It was a similar story in Oregon where protesters defied stay-at-home orders – and the rain – to take to the streets of Salem, waving American flags, Trump merchandise and banners.
Protests have been going on for weeks as states begin to flatten the curve and the spread of the virus begins to slow.
Several governors have relaxed restrictions, but many Americans are still angry with the lockdowns which they claim takes away their freedom and creates irreparable damage to jobs and the economy.
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Please nobody worry or panic ok, the guys with rifles and camo will absolutely do nothing.
They will not resist a single order from any LEOs or other executives in authority, so let’s relax and not think anything is getting started.
When it does happen it won’t be any of these guys…it will be average people who just say No and mean it with real bullets and real intent to stop the tyranny.
Ain’t gonna be no protesting, it’s just gonna happen.
Rates as low as $1.00 a mile people, it takes $3.00 to have a decent family life. Fk the scumbags, fk Trump and fk the corruption in Washington. Truckers have been getting screwed for 50 years. Goddamn rates have gone backwards, not forwards like Joe Bidons salary, that piece of shit is the perfect picture of corruption, goddam molester of everything good.
I will never be an owner operator, too much bullshit. Company driver is the only alternative.
I make less because that is how it works when your a company driver, but- no worries about paying for anything except what it takes to survive.
Forget about a house, car, wife – that’s the trade off. 61 year old slave…while Trump hopes and prays his neck doesn’t get stretched.
Specialized truckers do alright, squeezed like everybody else, but they make more.
Walmart drivers are some of the highest paid, $83,000 a year, go figure…many are pieces of shit, their doo doo doesn’t stink, hand picked by the masons. They are company drivers, all they do is drive, they don’t touch anything except the steering wheel.
Huge retirement package, all the goodies…many of us out here laugh at it all, Walmart is a fkg joke commie ass bullshit corporation that could implode any second.