The 'People's Convoy' truckers say they're pulling up stakes in Maryland and returning to California to protest COVID-19 bills.
A group of truck drivers that have protested COVID-19 mandates in the Washington area for several weeks is returning to California to protest bills coming up for votes soon in the Legislature, organizers said Sunday.
The caravan of semis, pickups and R.V.s, dubbed the People’s Convoy, will depart Hagerstown, Md., where drivers have been camped out at the Hagerstown Speedway. The convoy has circled the D.C. Beltway in daily protest for weeks, calling for an end to COVID-19 masking and vaccination requirements as well as the federal government’s COVID-19 emergency declaration. At one point, the convoy entered the city and cloggedThe group is driving into California in protest of what organizers call the “most invasive COVID-19 legislation yet.
Landis did not say when the group would leave the speedway. He invited participants to a Monday morning rally in Harrisburg, Pa., and said “then we’re going to start packing up and heading west,”
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Covid-19: Five Covid-related deaths and 1,204 casesThe total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in Northern Ireland since the start of the pandemic is 3,306.
Read more »
Covid-19: Nine Covid-related deaths and 1,731 casesThe total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in Northern Ireland since the start of the pandemic is 3,315.
Read more »
California schools prepare to spot post-break COVID-19 casesCalifornia’s 7 million students and school employees are getting free at-home COVID-19 tests to help prevent outbreaks at their school when they return from spring break.
Read more »
Convoy Protesting COVID Mandates to Roll on to California, Organizer SaysA group of truck drivers protesting COVID-19 mandates on roads and highways around the Washington, D.C., area in recent weeks will head to California next, an organizer announced.
Read more »
Ellume facing class action complaint over recalled COVID-19 at-home test kitsThe complaint alleges Ellume hasn’t refunded customers who bought their COVID-19 at-home test kits that were later recalled for higher-than-acceptable false-positive test results.
Read more »