Trump-supporting truckers are reportedly refusing to go to New York City after the former president was fined $355 million by a Manhattan court in a civil fraud lawsuit last week.
Chicago Ray, a truck driver and conservative social media personality, uploaded a video clip in which he says some of his colleagues would cease delivering goods to the Big Apple in protest of the decision made by the Manhattan Supreme Court on Friday.
“I’ve been on the radio talking to drivers for about the past hour and I’ve talked to about ten drivers”, Ray said in the video. “They’re going to start refusing loads to New York City starting on Monday,” he added.
“I don’t know how far across the country this is or how many truckers are going to start denying loads going to New York City, but I’ll tell you what — you f**k around and find out,” Ray said.
https://twitter.com/Chicago1Ray/status/1758674105446838535
In the X post — which has earned more than 50,000 likes and more than 4.6 million views since Friday night — Ray claimed that 95% of truckers back the former president, saying that their superiors “ain’t gonna care if we deny the loads—we’ll just go somewhere else.”
On Friday, a fine of $355 million was assessed on Trump by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron for inflating his net worth by billions over a ten-year period in order to get advantageous bank loans. The judge also decided to prevent him from holding any position as an officer or director of a firm in New York for a period of three years.
Trump denounced the case as “election interference” by his political rivals and foresaw more consequences for New York City, stating during a rally on Saturday that more companies will depart the city following Engoron’s decision.
