This is classic. Bicyclist in DC making his own counter-protest to truckers. From @ShutDown_DC

[riversedge]

I hope that protester is wearing ear plugs. The horn blowing from the truckers is deafening





This is classic. Bicyclist in DC making his own counter-protest to truckers. From @ShutDown_DC

Link to tweet

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[SunSeeker]

1. K & R & Retweeted!

[liberalla]

2. K & R

Too funny!

[LakeArenal]

3. A little Ukraine cleverness.

[IcyPeas]

4. LOL. I'd love to see more of this.

[L. Coyote]

20. Cyclists and pedestrians counter-protest the trucker convoy

I really like the pedestrian crossing idea, a small group walking back and forth. Freedom!!

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[LonePirate]

5. Those truckers don't seem too happy that the tables have turned on them.

[wnylib]

6. That is a very brave cyclist considering

the belligerent mentality of truck protesters.

But it's given me an idea. What if a whole cycling club came out to do their own protest instead of just one?

[Ferrets are Cool]

27. That was my first thought too. Very brave.

[soldierant]

43. My first thought as well.

Was it Florida or Virginia which recently made it legal to run down protesters? I'm glad he's not doing this either one of those places.

[spooky3]

7. The DC police could ticket the truckers for violating the horn law.

They aren’t honking for safety reasons, which are the only acceptable reasons.

http://dcrules.elaws.us/dcmr/18-730

In VA the police would pull over drivers who honk without good reason; not sure about enforcement in DC, but I’d love to see them enforce their law.

[NullTuples]

25. They could. Have police given any indication they're inclined to do anything?

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. I thought the idea of the truck 'protest' was to go slow

so doesn't this just aid them? It's not as if they've got anywhere to be.

[Maraya1969]

18. I don't think they want to go that slow. They just want to keep driving around clogging up the road

[muriel_volestrangler]

30. Well, that's what this does.

The only difference here is who's controlling it.

[BlueIdaho]

9. The ant and the elephant.

[L. Coyote]

10. Freedumb!!!

[crickets]

11. Ha! Not so fun to be trolled by your own strategy, eh guys? Love it. nt

[TNNurse]

12. I LOVE THIS CYCLIST.

It is probably hard to pedal that slow and keep your balance.

[Cozmo]

13. Critical Mass!

[NullTuples]

26. OT, but are they still around? Early 90's they were everywhere in SF

[calimary]

16. I just hope the cyclist was wearing ear protection.

Those thug truckers were deliberately disturbing the peace - as loudly and obnoxiously as possible.

I would have slowed down, too.

[Demovictory9]

23. me too

[Tree Lady]

24. Reminds me of the woman in DC

That flipped Trump off. I would never have that kind of courage.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

32. She lives in Loudoun County, Virginia. She is now on the board of supervisors.

Virginia Politics

Cyclist who flipped off Trump wins county supervisor seat representing his golf club

By Paul Schwartzman
November 5, 2019

A legion of reasons propel political neophytes to run for office, but none may be as unusual as what inspired Juli Briskman, the cyclist who gave President Trump the finger two years ago and found herself without a job and at the center of a national uproar.

On Tuesday, Briskman got a new job, winning a seat on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors — ousting a Republican in the process.

“It’s feeling fantastic, it’s feeling surreal,” Briskman, 52, a Democrat, said by telephone as she celebrated her victory. “The last two years have been quite a ride. Now we’re helping to flip Loudoun blue.”

[She famously flipped off the president; now she is running for office]

In 2017, Briskman was engaged in a different form of flipping, this one involving her middle finger, which she raised as she rode a bicycle alongside the presidential motorcade as Trump departed his golf club in Sterling.

{snip}

By Paul Schwartzman
Paul Schwartzman specializes in political profiles and narratives about life, death and everything in between. Before joining The Washington Post, he worked at the New York Daily News, where he covered Rudolph W. Giuliani’s rise as mayor. Twitter https://twitter.com/paulschwartzman

[Tree Lady]

41. That's great!

Standing up to Trump paid off.

[BlackSkimmer]

14. K and r!

[FakeNoose]

15. Awesome - this is how you piss off the truck drivers

I've done it a few times myself (not in DC) (not on a bike). This guys has some brass balls!

[niyad]

31. Again with the male genitaliacourage thing?

[COL Mustard]

35. I think Betty White said

If you want to talk about tough, don’t talk about balls, talk about vaginas. Those things are tough!

[niyad]

38. I think she denied saying it. But whoever did was correct.

[BidenRocks]

17. I can still give a toot

to wake up a texting driver.

This was not a toot! Book 'em Danno!

[redstatebluegirl]

19. K&R and retweeted!

[IronLionZion]

21. They should arrest the truckers for noise complaints

I'm sure people are watching to see if they break any traffic laws

[Blue_playwright]

22. Wait. What are they trying to currently accomplish?

I assumed they were gone. What a bunch of idiots.

[Catherine Vincent]

28. Are those idiot truckers still protesting?

Old news.

[keithbvadu2]

29. Convoy trucker::: But officer, those bicyclists were obstructing traffic.

Convoy trucker::: But officer, those bicyclists were obstructing traffic.

They were inconveniencing my obstructing traffic.

[PatSeg]

37. Ha, ha, ha!!!

Perfect!

[Historic NY]

33. Unnecessary use of horn in NY

1.(a) Every motor vehicle, operated or driven upon the public highways of the state, shall be provided with adequate brakes and steering mechanism in good working order and sufficient to control such vehicle at all times when the same is in use, and a suitable and adequate horn or other device for signaling, which horn or device shall produce a sound sufficiently loud to serve as a danger warning but shall not be used other than as a reasonable warning nor be unnecessarily loud or harsh.

I am sure DC has such

[twodogsbarking]

34. Traveled interstates this past week.

Six hundred miles of seeing where truckers work. No thanks.

[PatSeg]

36. That is brilliant!

[Old Crank]

39. The police need to pull out their ticket books.

Blasting your horn when there is no emergency is illegal.

[Cha]

40. Rt 💕🐱‍🏍TY!

💙💛

[oldsoftie]

42. The truckers are STILL there? I thought that fizzled out awhile ago?

[AdamGG]

44. The main challenge for me, if I was the cyclist, would be

not flipping them off when they sound the truck horns