Pro-Trump truckers are expressing outrage that the media is not talking about them, and complaining that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is getting all the attention.
As mandates start to ease across the country, the MAGA anti-vaccine movement is losing steam. And as the war in Ukraine continues to dominate the headlines, the so-called convoy “truckers” are desperately trying to figure out how to make it about them, according to VICE News.
Ignored by the media, they are taking to right-wing platforms to demand the same attention from the media that their Canadian counterparts received.
“Truckers at this point can’t compete with the world events, and if the movement won’t transform and adapt, we won’t have the impact that we want,” wrote a member of a popular trucker Telegram group, according to the report.
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“People now say: Well, those ‘Freedom Truckers’ sure picked a bad week to try and get attention for being victims of tyranny,” wrote one Trucker fan annoyed by the war in Ukraine, noted Raw Story. “They are starting to twist the events by saying oh our suffering is somehow much less. NO IT IS NOT!”
Vice News reporter Mack Lamoureux pointed out that “lack of media attention, infighting, and poor planning have led some to fizzle out on their journey to Washington. One convoy that departed from Florida mustered only about two dozen trucks at departure, and that has declined as they’ve progressed.”
