Posted on 09/12/2013 4:06:59 AM PDT by Kaslin
#2MillionBikerstoDC should be trending. Despite being denied riding permits by D.C. city officials, motorcyclists from across the nation honored 9/11 victims and the U.S. Armed Forces Wednesday by rumbling more than 900,000 strong through the Capitol.
The bikers reportedly wore name tags of the fallen. The military also showed their support in favor of the patriotic ride.
The turnout easily trumped the “Million Muslim March,” which, as an afterthought, was renamed the “Million American March Against Fear on 9-11.”Marine salutes bikers in greeting! Got pic from #2MBikers Facebook page! So AWESOME! #2MillionBikerstoDCpic.twitter.com/13l1GvuVAf — singlemom411 (@singlemom411) September 11, 2013
Facebook pages for the two events might have given Americans a bit of foresight into the turnout of this event. The MAMAF page had 291 "Likes" as of 2:40 p.m. on Wednesday, while the 2 Millions Bikers to DC is currently at 201,000 and growing.Only 'Hundreds' Expected in 'Million Muslim March'; 3,000 Bikers Expected to Counter-Protest: An office buildi... http://t.co/6Lq2i4RPfH — weeklystandard (@weeklystandard) September 10, 2013
I read somewhere, can’t now remember where, that only 25 people showed up for the million mooselimbs thing.
Can we now call it a FAIL.
ask the colorado politicians who were ousted for infringing on 2nd amendment rights how interacting with the yokels went. as a fellow yokel, i’m proud to continue the fight!
One of the excellent tweets: “Never bring a camel to a Harley fight.”
I had my doubts about this really happening, and it looks like they did well. Props to the bikers!
An EPIC BIGTIME fail.
Perhaps next year they should just declare the week around the 11th “DC Bike Week” and try to give Daytona a run for its money.
Almost makes me wish I had bike, but then I’d have to buy an Indian (uncle was a collector) ... $$$
At least it made the web.
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