Posted on 05/04/2021 5:32:51 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
Under President Biden’s leadership, the Pentagon rejected a permit for the annual Rolling to Remember motorcycle ride held in Washington, DC, each Memorial Day to honor POW/MIA veterans.
The event is organized by AMVETS, a veterans group, which submitted permit requests and petitions for the event to multiple federal agencies. According to Rep. Darrell Issa, “AMVETS received approval from the Department of Transportation, the Department of Interior, and multiple other state and local authorities.”
Originally, the Pentagon granted a permit to AMVETS for the event in March, however it was later rescinded without explanation.
“There are no options with as much space and convenient routes to the memorials, meaning it will be more difficult, disruptive, and expensive than if the Pentagon parking lots were available,” said Joe Chenelly, national executive director of AMVETS. “The Pentagon wouldn’t have a conversation with us to share their concerns and give us the chance to address them before deciding to refuse our application.”
In past years, the Rolling to Remember motorcycle ride, formerly known as Rolling Thunder, used the Pentagon parking lot as the pre-ride staging area.
“The biggest disappointment was that AMVETS was ignored for months as its professional staff in Washington requested numerous times an opportunity to hear the Defense Department’s concerns and present a [coronavirus] safety plan,” said Jan Brown, the national commander of AMVETS.
“The Biden Administration is making a terrible mistake by blocking a veteran’s charity from use of the Pentagon parking lot for the Rolling to Remember POW/MIA remembrance motorcycle ride,” Issa said. “This last-minute rejection, a first of its kind in more than 30 years, leaves patriotic veterans without a safe alternative.”
Issa concluded. “Politics is denying veterans the opportunity to honor their fallen comrades.”
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Obama pulled the same crap. Bikers showed up, anyway. Biden learned nothing.
F you Joe
Vet here
As a daughter of a Veteran, sister of a Veteran, and wife of a Veteran, I find your comment of BASTARD, very fitting for old Joe...
He is the most disrespectful president I can ever recall. and I’m older than dirt...
Pray daily our Nation survives his one and only term...he makes ones skin crawl...
THANKS for posting that most BEAUTIFUL PHOTO...
I am a Veteran d AND a MOTORCYCLE RIDER!...................And I’m old as dirt................
To hell with the corpse in the White House and the mulatto he rode in on.
The Constitution guarantees the right to peacefully assemble.
It DOES NOT SAY there is a right to peacefully assemble IF YOU HAVE A PERMIT.
Shut down Washington, D.C. That will send a message.
Same people surprised by this think the next election will get this scum out. Lol.
That’s a rog... do it anyway. Screw the Marxists and their permits.”””
Yup. They’d just go right ahead and do it.
I guess locals wouldn’t really notice the difference.
I lived in Alexandria VA, and looked forward to their roaring by, coming up US 1.
I bet that was something to see. I was stationed in Hampton Roads for years and rode a Harley for a lot of those. Was just never able to get in on the ride. Deployments, training, family etc etc.
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