Some truck drivers who support former President Donald Trump said they are refusing loads to New York City to protest the civil fraud judgment there that fined Trump $355 million last week.
In a video shared Friday on X by a driver known as Chicago Ray, the trucker said he had spoken to other truck drivers who also said they would refuse loads to the city.
“I’ve been on the radio talking to drivers for the last hour, hour-15 minutes. I’ve talked to at least 10 drivers. They’re going to start refusing loads in New York City starting Monday,” said Chicago Ray, who has 241,000 followers on X.
On Monday morning, Chicago Ray posted another video on X reiterating his support for Trump and boycotting loads to New York.
“I’m not going to encourage you, but if New York City is going to have a judge’s ruling like they’re ruling … I’m just saying I stand with Trump. I’m one of the millions of truckers that stand with Trump,” Chicago Ray said.
The call to boycott loads to New York City comes after Judge Arthur Engoron’s verdict on Friday that ordered Trump to pay $355 million in damages in the fraud case brought by the New York’s attorney general office. The judge also ruled that Trump is barred from doing business in New York for three years, and his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are barred for two years.
Trump posted support for the boycott on several social media platforms, including X and Truth Social.
It’s unclear how widespread the boycott will be or what impact it might have on deliveries to the city.
Chicago Ray’s videos seemed to gain some traction. His original video had over 7 million views but was deleted over the weekend. As of Monday morning, “Boycott NYC” and “Truckers for Trump” were trending on X.
Chicago Ray isn’t the only truck driver who has voiced opposition to the civil fraud ruling.
“I vow that I will not make one delivery to New York. NONE! Who’s with me? Truckers for Trump!” an account called The Disrespected Trucker tweeted on Friday.
Zayy The Truck Driver also posted on X that he would not be making deliveries to New York City.
“I’ve been to NYC plenty of times, running shuttle routes from Atlanta to several breweries in NYC and Brooklyn. I stopped for two reasons; hellish driving and Covid restrictions, and now I have more reasons to never return there,” Zayy wrote. “I say this with absolute conviction, when the government continues to impose regulations on truckers, I don’t want to hear from you truckers who believe this boycott will do nothing.”
If the trucker’s boycott takes hold, it would show up in FreightWaves’ SONAR platform in several key data points.
SONAR’s outbound tender reject index would show a tightening of capacity for loads originating from New York, while the inbound tender reject index would show a tightening of capacity for loads headed into New York.
SONAR’s TRAC lane rate for Columbus, Ohio, to New York City would also show an increase in the average price per mile to move a dry van.
The inbound and outbound tender reject indexes, and the TRAC rate for Columbus to New York City, show nothing as of noon on Monday.
Peter C. ELY
We need to stand up for our soon to be American Dictator and support Russia.
We are all going to be taking over by them soon,and our MAGA Truckers will help our
Russian Dictator with hauling of Russian military equipment and supplies and take out Ukraine, Europe and take control of the USA from democrats and liberal politicians.
Viva Russia
Mrbigr504
LMAO….Simps🤣
Chessie
Great! The railroads will proudly move America’s freight to and from New York. Rail is a more efficient, reliable and sustainable transportation solution for shippers and taking trucks off of a congested highway system makes the roads safer for other drivers.
Mel
This is MAGA fan fiction lmaoooo
“A million truckers stand with Trump!”
The delusion with this crowd is strong. Lead poisoning is no joke.
Jacob O'Bannon
This won’t have much of an impact, but the fact that this is even a headline is interesting. Those X videos are by paid actors, I suspect. Those aren’t real truck drivers. They’re on X to cause a social stir, much akin to people like the Krassenteins, etc. Just trolls. I implore everyone vote 3rd party or Independent this time around. Both sides are relentlessly corrupt, sending YOUR taxpayer dollars to Israel, Ukraine, and funding programs in countries you’ve likely never heard of.
Be safe and God bless.
William Bissell
I’m a Barber in UPSTATE LIBERAL LA LA SUPER TARD NY… Albany County… Surrounded by the Enemy at every turn.
What can I do to be a thorn in the side of these MONSTERS??? Any Suggestions? Completely Surrounded by them!!
If I put a Trump flag out front, I would Probably be Firebombed, or the city would just shut me down…. As they already did
during the Pfizer “GET YOUR SHOT!!!!” Days… I don’t think so Charlie. So they Violated my Civil Rights and Forced me to shut down, threatening to arrest me, while a NEWS Crew hid behind, ducking behind a car across the street. I refuse to wear a mask! I opened the back door and kept going. Shocked the FBI didn’t kick my door in… I had an Upside-down American Flag pulled down. A policeman came in and handed back to me, all folded up…
FUNK THEM!!! Stew Peters ‘Died Suddenly’ with John Looney & Others, British & American Embalmers.