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Freedom Convoy hits speed bump! Only five trucks arrive in Vegas after dozens took off from Californ (Original Post) Demovictory9 Feb 2022 OP
Why Was It Taking 10 Days? ProfessorGAC Feb 2022 #1
maybe they don't want to drive more than 6 hours per day Demovictory9 Feb 2022 #3
50 mph? Makes 0 sense. we can do it Feb 2022 #5
Wimps (nt) ProfessorGAC Feb 2022 #13
They were making multiple stops xmas74 Feb 2022 #15
Well, That Was Stupid! ProfessorGAC Feb 2022 #18
In my town xmas74 Feb 2022 #20
De-leedy De-leedy LW1977 Feb 2022 #2
People getting a lesson in courage from Ukraine MaryMagdaline Feb 2022 #4
The Loser Convoy RainCaster Feb 2022 #6
LOL, the article yesterday said they started in LA, but this map says Adelanto, which makes it RockRaven Feb 2022 #7
K and r. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #8
Big nothing burger by steering wheel holders. Emile Feb 2022 #9
American's need to counter these bozo Republicans with a..... Jack from Charlotte Feb 2022 #10
I like the way you think. onethatcares Feb 2022 #17
Probably detained at the slot machines nt MerryHolidays Feb 2022 #11
Perhaps gas prices have something to do with it Wicked Blue Feb 2022 #12
Sounds like a Wompvoy Blue Owl Feb 2022 #14
Apparently they have $6500.00 onethatcares Feb 2022 #16
Every one of those big red dots seems like an ideal place to get one of their tires slashed Volaris Feb 2022 #19

ProfessorGAC

(65,138 posts)
1. Why Was It Taking 10 Days?
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 05:16 PM
Feb 2022

That's only 300 miles a day.
It's not like most of those stops would create an issue that got media attention. Elk City OK? There are 12,000 people there. They don't have congestion to add to.

xmas74

(29,675 posts)
15. They were making multiple stops
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 07:02 PM
Feb 2022

To show off and collect donations.
Originally there was a stop/rally/grift scheduled at a truck stop in Oak Grove, MO but it's one of many that have been canceled.

No one is in the mood rn to listen to their garbage.

ProfessorGAC

(65,138 posts)
18. Well, That Was Stupid!
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 07:10 PM
Feb 2022

Like the town I mentioned earlier.
How much money were they going to raise spending a day in a city with under 12,000 people? There's less than 22,000 people in the whole county!
Great organizational skills on display! Not!

xmas74

(29,675 posts)
20. In my town
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 09:50 PM
Feb 2022

It's a smaller town but the truck stop is just outside of Kansas City and it's on I 70.
More than likely they chose stops on the interstate they felt would be more amiable to their bs.

RockRaven

(14,990 posts)
7. LOL, the article yesterday said they started in LA, but this map says Adelanto, which makes it
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 05:24 PM
Feb 2022

even more laughable. Adelanto is near Victorville, out in the sticks, the hinterlands of the Inland Empire.

That's only a 200 mile, 3 hour drive. If they had really started in LA, the distance would have been increased by a third and the time by an ungodly amount just to get through and out of the LA basin. They skipped the hard part of the journey and still failed massively.

Jack from Charlotte

(2,367 posts)
10. American's need to counter these bozo Republicans with a.....
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 05:37 PM
Feb 2022

counter convoy. A few cars getting in front of these trucks and driving very slowly. Somewhere like Oklahoma. Just drive about 5 miles and hour. Maybe stop until it appears someone is approaching the car then start moving again. Keep Billy-Bob on the road for a month.

onethatcares

(16,178 posts)
17. I like the way you think.
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 07:05 PM
Feb 2022

from floriduh it's mainly truckers use right lane only. I notice they don't have a route outa there.

I'd do that just to fill some down time

Wicked Blue

(5,850 posts)
12. Perhaps gas prices have something to do with it
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 06:23 PM
Feb 2022

One of those inadvertent consequences of Putler's invasion

onethatcares

(16,178 posts)
16. Apparently they have $6500.00
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 07:02 PM
Feb 2022

to split among 650 truckers and in order to get you money you have to apply for reimbursement..

Hold your breath, your check is in the mail.

"We have raised $6500.00 that will be disbursed.........."

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