Trump-supporting truckers are warning that their refusal to deliver to the Big Apple could paralyze New York City — as more drivers vow to join the boycott following the bombshell ruling in the former President’s civil fraud case.
“It could shut New York City down,” said Jennifer Hernandez, a trucker who has joined in the protest against Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron’s decision to fine Trump $355 million for inflating his net worth by billions to dupe banks and insurers.
“I’m not trying to hurt the people of New York, that’s not what I’m trying to do,” Hernandez insisted on NewsNation Monday morning.
“But if New York loses just 10% of the trucks that go in there, their prices are going to skyrocket on everything — from milk to eggs, to any type of goods that the consumer needs.
“When that happens, it’s going to cost everyone more money,” she warned.
Several other truckers have been posting on social media expressing their support.
One man even suggested the boycott would go on for three years.
“Keep on f—ing around, you’re going to find out, New York,” he said in a video posted to TikTok.
The boycott seemed to have been started by conservative social media influencer Chicago Ray, who posted a clip on Friday saying he had spoken to some of his trucker colleagues who said they would stop making deliveries to the city starting on Monday.
He claimed that 95% of truckers support the former president, and said the bosses of freight companies “ain’t gonna care if we deny the loads — we’ll just go somewhere else.”
As the video spread on social media, it even gained the attention of the former president.
“Such an honor to have so many Great Patriots on the side of freedom,” he posted on his Truth Social network on Sunday.
“Joe Biden’s Unfair and Dangerous Weaponization of Law Enforcement is a serious threat to Democracy,” Trump argued. “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Chicago Ray later deleted the video from his X page after it went viral, however, he said he still stands with the movement.
“I took that video down from Friday bc it went viral and my Grandson seen it on Tik Tok,” he wrote on X.
“I stand with Trump ????% Truckers for Trump,” he added.
“Drivers can make their own decisions based on their families and their careers… I ain’t the leader of any movement,” Chicago Ray claimed. “I’m my own man, period.”