Posted on 10/15/2021 4:00:47 PM PDT by blam
The hashtag #EmptyShelvesJoe was one of the hottest trends across Twitter Thursday as people en masse are waking up to the fact that international supply chains are clogged, and shortages have resulted in empty store shelves at their local retailer.
The hashtag, number one in the US on Thursday, comes one day after President Biden issued a port directive to operate 24/7 to alleviate snarled supply chains. But the move to have Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, a point of entry for 40% of all US containerized goods, work in hyperdrive to alleviate congestion is “too little, too late” to save Christmas, said one top toymaker.
Earlier this week, 80 container ships are at anchor and 64 at berths across the twin ports. The backlog doesn’t stop there as it takes well more than a week for entry into the port. Once the containers are unloaded, it takes another week to leave the port to warehouses.
Those tweeting the hashtag placed most of the blame on Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for their inability to normalize supply chains as congestion creates shortages of consumer goods and rapid inflation.
An aerial visual of the backlog at the Port of Los Angeles shows tens of thousands of containers are sitting dockside. Some have said it’s the lack of truck drivers that have resulted in delays.
LOOK: The Port of Los Angeles was jam-packed with flotillas of cargo ships and stacks of shipping containers as a deal was reached to shift to 24/7 operations to break a supply-chain logjam https://t.co/Gq0apjBd2k pic.twitter.com/elNkrVfmty
— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) October 14, 2021
“Are f**king container yards are stuffed,” said one Twitter user.
Great job Pete Buttigieg 👏👏👏 and #EmptyShelvesJoe pic.twitter.com/WbmFvyEupA
— Savage As Always (@ForIAmKing78) October 14, 2021
As the hashtag continued to go viral on Thursday afternoon, Twitter police decided to remove it from the list of trending topics.
This morning #EmptyShelvesJoe was the number 1 trending hashtag in the United States thanks to @catturd2.
Sometime before 3pm Twitter had already decided that was bad, and REMOVED the hashtag from the list of tags that are auto-suggested as you type in your topic. pic.twitter.com/Rk6SYTzFdU
— Brick Suit (@Brick_Suit) October 15, 2021
“Empty store shelves” on Google trends are also surging to their highest point since the 2020 pandemic.
Pete Buttigieg Enjoys 2nd Month Of Paternity Leave As Supply Chain Crisis Worsens
Supply chain ORDERS freefall
Demand in freefall.
Deflation.
❎🚷
Is that the Zubu Brothers?
They look a little fruity.
I suppose twatter already banned “Lesko Brandon”.
LISTEN: Someone just paged EMPTY SHELVES JOE at the airport
https://rumble.com/vnr36h-someone-just-paged-empty-shelves-joe-at-the-airport.html?mref=23gga&mrefc=29
Want to fix the supply chain issues???
Exempt all trucking companies from hours of service rules.
Rescind the California pollution requirement for commercial trucks.
Close all scales nationwide.
LET US RUN!!!
We will get the freight moved.
It’s more than hours of service involved. Only trucks that emit “x” are allowed in Ca.
I know. I’m an owner operator - I can’t go to California
Looks like a normal, mentally stable family. /s
Disapprove in their presence and what are the odds that they’d be... triggered.
Sick of the fake, dysfunctional redefinitions of normal.
The Soviet bloc had all kinds of supply chain snarls.
“Sick of the fake, dysfunctional redefinitions of normal.”
Met a guy from Iran today who was livid with Biden cuz he saw his original country go though this.
It ain’t gonna work.
God bless you. God Bless America.
FJoe Biden
That man you met today sounds like an American.
The Land of Opportunity is the land designated for the people who dream of being productive, free to be good people.
Watch how this rolls. It's going to be more than okay. 'Mercans are going to be beaming with pride. No joke!
A pocket compass for ya:
Why are the hell are those two sitting on hospital bed as if one of them just gave birth???
Read the article with the picture. You won't believe it.
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