The group, Truckers Ride for the Constitution, will shutdown the Capital Beltway starting this Friday if President Obama is not removed from office. The truckers reportedly plan to clog the Beltway by driving “three lanes deep” for three days.
Zeeta Andrews, Truckers Ride for the Constitution organizer, told Greta Van Susteren that President Obama “is a threat to national security and our way of life.” Driving in to the Beltway with a laundry list of grievances, President Obama is not the groups only target, either.
“Truck drivers will not haul freight! … Truckers will lead the path to saving our country if every American rides with them!” the group’s Facebook page, which had more than 57,000 “likes” as of Tuesday morning, declares.
Among the grievances, the drivers are complaining about wages, gas prices, federal regulations on their industry, the debt and the National Security Agency’s anti-Fourth Amendment surveillance policies.
Earl Conlon, who claimed to speak for the group despite other truckers later challenging him, also told U.S. News & World Report that they seek the arrest of members of Congress who have “violated their oath of office.”
“We want these people arrested, and we’re coming in with the grand jury to do it,” he said.
Conlon said the drivers’ issues include supporting the arming Al Qaeda-tied members of the Syrian opposition. Conlon said commuters who want to pass must have a sticker on their window supporting the group.
“It’s going to be real fun for anyone who is not a supporter,” Conlon told U.S. News & World Report. “If cops decide to give us a hard time, we’re going to lock the brakes up, we’re going to stop right there, we’re going to be a three lane roadblock.”
However, trucker Greg Ellis, a supporter of the campaign, said Conlon does not speak for them and disputed the claim that anybody would try to arrest officials.
“Nobody is going to try to effect an arrest on congressmen or anything like that,” he told FoxNews.com, describing the plans as “peaceful.”
The Facebook page for the group, after the article was published, said Conlon “has no authority” to speak on behalf of RideForTheConstitution.org. Without specifying, the statement said the organization did not want to be associated “with anything that is unlawful.”
Asked to clarify the purpose of the event, spokesman Peter Santilli told FoxNews.com on Tuesday: “One of our demands is NON-NEGOTIABLE: President Obama must be removed from office for crimes against the United States and all unconstitutional executive orders nullified. How that is accomplished legally is for the legal and constitutional experts to determine.”
“If anyone can help save the country, it’s truckers,” said Andrews. “Just like the truckers, Americans are sick and tired of what’s going on in this country. It’s time to get up there and make a change. If something happens, it’s because we all let it. We have a right to address these issues and bring them to Washington, D.C. in a peaceful manner.”
