Citizens still held hostage!
About 2,000 people honked, cheered and jeered against coronavirus restrictions Monday in Harrisburg, Pa., the latest and one of the largest rallies in a growing movement nationwide against governors balancing healthcare and economic concerns.
Motorists honked horns while circling the Capitol. Protesters waved flags and signs that said “Freedom is essential” and “Rednecks 2 reopen PA,” while urging Gov. Tom Wolf to end the shutdown of non-essential businesses.
“Unfortunately, some people have lost their lives to the virus….. My heart goes out to every one of those people. But my heart also goes out to the 1.5 million people in Pennsylvania out of work.”
Aaron Bernstine (R)
PA State Representative
But Wolf, a Democrat who threatened to veto a bill to ease restrictions from the Republican legislature, has said the nationwide lack of testing materials remained an obstacle to gradually reopening the economy.
“We each feel that we are responsible citizens……..We are adults and want to be treated as such.”
Matthew Bellis
ReOpen PA
Banners flew across the West during the weekend demanding governors reopen states for business in Colorado, Utah, Idaho and Washington state. But healthcare workers in Denver also demonstrated their concerns by wearing scrubs while blocking protesting motorists.
Across Tennessee, hundreds of people urged an end to Gov. Bill Lee’s statewide shutdown order, with protests Sunday outside the Capitol in Nashville, and in cities including Knoxville, Chattanooga, Jackson and Memphis.
After Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers extended his stay-at-home order to May 26, about 1,000 protesters protested the move with signs and flags Saturday in Brookfield and about 70 people turned out Sunday in Madison.
“We have never cowered to a virus in this country before – ever…………I don’t know why we are now.”
Kirsten Lombard
Calamity Jane