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Trucker Convoy From MD Circles DC, VA As Group Meets Senators
Leaders of the Trucker Convoy said they weren't leaving the area after meeting with Sens. Ted Cruz and Ron Johnson in DC.
Colleen Martin, Patch Staff
Posted Tue, Mar 8, 2022 at 9:08 am ET|Updated Tue, Mar 8, 2022 at 4:16 pm ET
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD — Leaders from the truckers convoy that has circled the Capital Beltway met with U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and Ron Johnson on Tuesday, while the rest of the group plans to again stay on the road through DC, Maryland and northern Virginia.
Truckers planned to do another loop around the Capital Beltway during the meeting, which they said is scheduled for 11:15 a.m.
"We are making some progress! First meeting with DC scheduled for tomorrow," the organizers said on the convoy's official Facebook page. "Talks have begun…but we aren't leaving until our demands are met."
Sens. Johnson of Wisconsin and Cruz of Texas said before the meeting that they would discuss President Joe Biden's coronavirus vaccine mandates with the self-styled People's Convoy at 11:15 a.m. in the Senate Visitor Center.
"They want the government to leave them the hell alone," Cruz said after the meeting, according to WTOP. "They want the mandates ended and the emergency ended."..
Trucker Convoy From MD Circles DC, VA As Group Meets Senators
Leaders of the Trucker Convoy said they weren't leaving the area after meeting with Sens. Ted Cruz and Ron Johnson in DC.
Colleen Martin, Patch Staff
Posted Tue, Mar 8, 2022 at 9:08 am ET|Updated Tue, Mar 8, 2022 at 4:16 pm ET
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD — Leaders from the truckers convoy that has circled the Capital Beltway met with U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and Ron Johnson on Tuesday, while the rest of the group plans to again stay on the road through DC, Maryland and northern Virginia.
Truckers planned to do another loop around the Capital Beltway during the meeting, which they said is scheduled for 11:15 a.m.
"We are making some progress! First meeting with DC scheduled for tomorrow," the organizers said on the convoy's official Facebook page. "Talks have begun…but we aren't leaving until our demands are met."
Sens. Johnson of Wisconsin and Cruz of Texas said before the meeting that they would discuss President Joe Biden's coronavirus vaccine mandates with the self-styled People's Convoy at 11:15 a.m. in the Senate Visitor Center.
"They want the government to leave them the hell alone," Cruz said after the meeting, according to WTOP. "They want the mandates ended and the emergency ended."..
