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JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 10:23 PM Nov 2020

Trump supporters block traffic in New York and New Jersey

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Then, on Sunday, caravans of President Trump’s supporters blockaded the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge and the Garden State Parkway, snarling traffic on two of the busiest highways in the New York metropolitan area just two days before Election Day.

Videos taken by motorists showed the president’s backers parked in the middle of the westbound lanes of the bridge, which carries Interstate 287 across the Hudson River and is named for the father of the current governor, Andrew M. Cuomo.

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In New Jersey, a caravan of Trump supporters snarled traffic on the northbound lanes of the Garden State Parkway near the Cheesequake Service Area in South Amboy, according to videos and local media reports.

New Jersey State Police did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/01/us/elections/trump-defends-texas-drivers-who-surrounded-biden-bus-while-presidents-supporters-block-traffic-in-new-york-and-new-jersey.html

The article also discusses the Texas caravan, I focused on the road closures because those happened today.

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RockRaven

(14,896 posts)
1. I'd like NY/NJ media to ask the local brownshirts where their storm troopers and gas canisters
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 10:26 PM
Nov 2020

and rubber bullets and riot shields and paddy wagons were, and why they were not deployed against these "rioters" too...

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
3. Election Day my ass-- this was a huge shopping and family meeting day. All I can think of is...
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 10:29 PM
Nov 2020

insane Trump haters or Biden supporters thinking this will really fuck him up.

Years ago when lived in Joisey I remember Bush I in a tight race so he kept visiting there. Traffic was so incredibly horrible that the smart money thought that's why he lost the state.

 

Klaralven

(7,510 posts)
4. I was pissed when cops blocked my commute for Gore's motorcade to a fundraiser.
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 10:34 PM
Nov 2020

Imperial politicians should stay in Washington.

struggle4progress

(118,224 posts)
7. "If Trump is President, his supporters will block busy roads in metropolitan areas!"
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 11:49 PM
Nov 2020
Whoa! That is so cool! Now I have to vote for him!
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