Honkin’ loud and sayin’ and accomplishin’ nothing

First as farce, second as much more pathetic farce:

Their goal was to create awareness, as well as gridlock, on an already congested D.C. Beltway. The movement was inspired by the truckers in Canada who blocked traffic on bridges to protest vaccine requirements. Early on, authorities in Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. told convoy members that similar action would not be allowed here. The group was made up of people protesting the mandates but also included conspiracy theorists, QAnon followers and Trump supporters.

Lot of redundancies there! Moving right along:

What tangible accomplishments the truckers got in the D.C. region is unclear. They did meet with conservative lawmakers, including Sen. Ted Cruz , who rode in a cab of a truck, but they did not get what they wanted — an end to the national emergency due to the pandemic.

The convoy was not welcomed by locals. One woman complained that it made her late for a doctor’s appointment, others flipped off the convoy and one man rode a bike slowly in front of it. One motorcyclist was slammed to the ground by a truck driver, a woman was hit by a vehicle in the convoy in Dupont Circle, and others were berated by angry truckers.

“Well, at least we got Ted Cruz to ride in one of our trucks” might be the saddest thing I’ve ever heard. It’s like doing an elaborate on-field celebration after getting a first down in the fourth quarter of a game you’re losing 61-0 to the New York Jets,