Despite a viral internet rumor of National Guard troops being used to quell the Ride for the Constitution on the DC Beltway today during the #T2SDA protest, the National Guard has put out a statement that they will not be interfering with the protest at all. A claim today that 'busloads of national guard troops' were seen on the DC beltway and stories by Redflagnews and Infowars that the National Guard were going to be used to help to put down this peaceful rally appear to be merely internet rumors. Meanwhile, this story from TheTrucker.com refutes those rumors completely. A Dahboo77 report on the truckers protest is also below.
While protestors with the “Truckers Ride For The Constitution” continue their steady journey around the I-495 beltway near Washington, D.C., spokesmen from the Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania National Guards have said units have not been called to step in as some media has speculated.
“We have not received any requests for assistance for the state highway,” Maryland National Guard Spokesman Lt. Charles Kohler told The Trucker.
Redflagnews.com reported in an article posted on Thursday that a Department of Transportation source said President Barack Obama would be calling in troops to block the protest. The article stated: “The National Guard resources to be used to thwart the truckers will include rifle toting National Guardsmen called up from units that will be coming in from Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia. They will use Guardsmen on foot and using trucks, jeeps and armored vehicles, which will be stationed at all entrance ramps to the Beltway to block incoming traffic starting early Friday morning.”
Kohler said that statement is false.
Kohler said he fielded “a lot” of angry calls Thursday from people who believed the report that the guard was going to interfere with the protest.
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