Washington Times – by Andrea Noble
Truck drivers will descend on the Beltway on Friday for a political rally protesting causes ranging from the government shutdown to low wages for drivers — but claims the group planned to shut down the region appear to have been overstated.
Originally billed “Truckers to Shut Down America,” the protest is now called “Truckers Ride For The Constitution” after the organizing group’s original social media sites were shut down.
Kicking off with a rally and a drive around the Beltway on Friday morning, the group is encouraging a wider general strike that would last through the weekend.
But a Georgia trucker who made sensational comments to U.S. News about circling the Beltway “three lanes deep” and planning to seek the arrest of members of Congress for disregarding the Constitution admitted Tuesday he is not an organizer of the group and had no right to speak on its behalf.
“It’s politics,” Earl Conlon told The Washington Times. “I did what the senators do. I said one thing did another.”
“It was just my way of getting your attention,” he said.
The group’s legitimate organizers are communicating via Facebook about their plans and goals.
“The only way to get our legislators to operate lawfully and Constitutionally is to penalize them with a credible threat of a shutdown,” organizers wrote in a statement about the protest.
Truckers plan to rally at the Doswell Truck Stop, close to Kings Dominion in Doswell, Va., at 7 a.m. Friday and then drive up Interstate 95 to the Beltway.
Police in Maryland and Virginia say they are preparing for the demonstration.
“We are aware of it,” Maryland State Police spokesman Sgt. Marc Black said. “As long as they are not breaking the law, we are going to allow it.”
Spokeswoman Corinne N. Geller in Virginia said the same.
“Virginia State Police is aware of the proposed protest, but we are not in a position to comment on any preparations at this time.”
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“We are aware of it,” Maryland State Police spokesman Sgt. Marc Black said. “As long as they are not breaking the law, we are going to allow it.”
BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
So is that the Constitutional law or your made up as you go unconstitutional Communist penal code laws? I’m guessing the latter.
Just curious. How come they don’t do this from Monday to Wednesday during the busiest times of the week in which it would have the biggest effect? Why the weekend when everyone has gone home?
Any ideas?
Leaving Doswell VA at 7 a.m. puts them on the beltway by 9 or 10 a.m. (rush hour) Friday morning. It could have a big impact. The beltway is always clogged anyhow, weekday or weekend. I would not say it is true that everyone would have gone home during the time they have this planned.
What are Canadian truckers doing there?
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