Truckers who support Donald Trump claim their proposed New York City delivery boycott over his $355 million fraud trial verdict could paralyze the city.
‘It could shut New York City down,’ Jennifer Hernandez, a trucker who supports the boycott, told NewsNation National Correspondent Dray Clark on the channel’s Morning in America on Monday.
‘If New York loses…just 10 percent of the trucks going there, their prices are skyrocket on everything, from milk to eggs to any type of goods that the consumer needs,’ she added.
It’s not yet clear how widespread support for the proposed boycott is, and what impact it might have on deliveries to the city.
The truckers claim they are taking action after the former president was ordered to pay a $355 million fine in a civil fraud verdict by a New York court that found his company falsely inflated asset valuations to obtain more favorable loan terms.
The New York Mayor’s Office, New York Association of Convenience Stores, and New York-based National Supermarkets Association did not immediately respond to requests for comment from DailyMail.com on Monday morning.
Prior proposed trucker boycotts have had mixed results. Last July, a proposed one-day trucker boycott in Florida over a strict new immigration law fizzled out, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
Many truckers do not own their own trucks, and those who do may be under financial pressure to take whatever jobs are available, the outlet noted.
But in late 2021, a trucker boycott of Colorado got results. In that case, truckers were furious over a 110-year prison sentence for a truck driver who was involved in a crash that killed four people.
Colorado Governor Jared Polis reduced the driver’s sentence to 10 years after a millions signed a petition and outcry on the issue from celebrities including Kim Kardashian.
In New York, Trump has praised the planned trucker boycott, posting on Truth Social: ‘Such an honor to have so many Great Patriots on the side of freedom!’
He added: ‘Joe Biden ’s Unfair and Dangerous Weaponization of Law Enforcement is a serious threat to Democracy. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!’
Another driver with the username Chicago1Ray, shared a video on X saying he had spoken to ‘at least ten’ colleagues who all agreed they would start refusing loads to the city on Monday.
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