Tri-State Trump Caravan Cruises, Snarls the Garden State Parkway

By Insider NJ | November 1, 2020, 7:30 pm | in News

This tonight from NBC News:

"The first tri-state caravan was spotted in New Jersey around noon when vehicles were seen stopped on the Garden State Parkway near Lakewood. The group's exact number was not clear, but multiple videos suggest the number was at least a couple hundred.

"Photos and videos collected by The Lakewood Scoop show countless vehicles decorated with American flags, Trump campaign flags, supporters wearing MAGA hats and even a Trump lookalike."

From NJ.com:

"Social media videos of the parade showed vehicles flying Trump flags and other banners coming to a standstill in the Parkway’s express lanes at one point, where some supporters got out of their cars and cheered the effort at one point.

"Other Twitter, videos showed the caravan traveling in the right lane and letting other traffic pass later on when the caravan crossed over to the local lanes."

From CNN:

"People were getting out of their cars both in the service area and on both sides of the parkway," Pryor said. "They would just get out and hold up their Trump flags (some were in Trump costumes) and shout and film things on their phone. They were causing traffic for miles and miles."

Tom Feeney, a spokesman for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, which includes the Garden State Parkway, said that "several hundred vehicles" were involved in the demonstration on the parkway.

"As I understand, they met at the Monmouth service area (which is around milepost 100)," he told CNN over email. "They traveled North. I saw a video of them stopping on the roadway and blocking the northbound express lanes. Traffic backed up behind them for about five miles."

In New York at about 2:30 p.m. ET, roughly 300 vehicles were seen participating in a similar demonstration on the Mario Cuomo Bridge which spans the Hudson River, freelance journalist Yuki Iwamura told CNN.

"Some people got out of their cars and started chanting, but NY state troopers were also on the bridge also telling the cars to move along," Iwamura told CNN. "It was a very interesting to see a lot of Trump supporters in New York. Even if they weren't in Manhattan, it was rare for me to see that many Trump supporters in New York."

A New York state senator said the New York State Police should identify the participants and charge them for their "aggressive, dangerous, and reckless behavior."

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