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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRight wingers don't believe in democracy or the rule of law. They need to be shown to the border
. . . or the inside of a jail cell.
Between furloughs, car chases, and a self-immolation, the residents of Washington, DC, arent having a great October. But by Friday of this week, things could get even worse and not because of the looming debt crisis.
On October 11th, a group of right-wing truckers is planning to drive to DC to shut down the major commuter highway that circles the city. Theyll continue to block traffic, they say, until they see the arrest of elected officials who have violated their oath of office.
Organizers of the event, which is titled Truckers Ride for the Constitution, say they are fed up with a variety of headaches caused by the government: Fuel efficiency standards enforced by the Environmental Protection Agency, state and local laws over idling their trucks, and insurance companies purportedly requiring technological updates, according to US News and World Report.
They say that to demonstrate against violations of the constitution, they plan to circle interstate 495 known widely as the beltway and not allow through any traffic. If police try to stop them, theyll park their trucks right on the highway . . .
read: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/10/07/2744611/right-wing-truckers/
ProSense
(116,464 posts)Think Progress should put together a list and they should be given the Rush Limbaugh treatment.
Lunatics.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)perhaps even entire camps.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)I should think they would like it there.