Conservatives ignore anti-Abbott trucker protests at the border – By Ja’han Jones (MSNBC) / April 13, 2022
The GOP showed no love for these truckers, despite egging on conspiratorial, right-wing trucker protests earlier this year.
Republicans spent the early months of 2022 egging on aimless demonstrations by truck drivers protesting mostly nonexistent Covid restrictions in Canada and the United States. GOP lawmakers saw value in aligning themselves with the protests, which were more about a hodgepodge of right-wing grievances and conspiracy theories than anything else.
Now, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has sparked a trucker revolt against policies he recently instituted — and unsurprisingly, conservatives don’t seem eager to report on these protesters.
This week, truck drivers blocked commercial lanes connecting Mexico to Texas and New Mexico to protest hourslong delays Abbott created through newly authorized “enhanced” inspections of cargo entering the United States.
The Republican governor announced last week that his state will require nearly all commercial vehicles entering the country through Texas’ southern border to undergo an added layer of inspections even after they pass through customs, a policy many people worried would delay shipments by several hours.
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