‘Jesus is my vaccine’: Hundreds of protesters gather without protective gear in Pennsylvania
Demonstrators gathered in Pennsylvania on Monday to demand that that the stay-at-home order be lifted as the coronavirus pandemic peaks in the United States.
According to reports, hundreds of protesters showed up in Harrisburg. Many of the demonstrators failed to wear protective gear or follow the CDC’s social distancing guidelines.
“Jesus is my vaccine,” a message on one truck said. One man came to the rally bearing a wooden cross on his back.
Other signs claimed that COVID-19 is a government “false flag” operation.
“Signs are saying that Gov. Wolf is the virus, that the media are the virus. Everything is the virus, except the virus,” one observer noted.
Watch the videos and read some of the reports below.
“Jesus is my vaccine” is one of the more colorful messages here. pic.twitter.com/vw5qolIlHC
— Miguel Marquez (@miguelmarquez) April 20, 2020
Jim Barr came from Westview to protest the lockdown with a wooden cross @TribLIVE pic.twitter.com/9obiH3WOVr
— Shane Dunlap (@shanedunlap) April 20, 2020
A friend sent this from PA’s #OpenUpAmerica rally that is happening now.#OPENAMERICANOW pic.twitter.com/2Lb6MBDTcA
— Jenny Beth Martin (@jennybethm) April 20, 2020
Hundreds of people, both in cars and on foot, gathered outside the state Capitol in Harrisburg ahead of a rally to “reopen” Pennsylvania. https://t.co/uLOHcEzAEX
— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (@PittsburghPG) April 20, 2020
Gridlock off the Harvey Taylor bridge on Forster Street — no one is moving. Cross traffic affected too. #AntiShutdown protest has begun in Harrisburg @abc27News pic.twitter.com/5mlh8Uywus
— alex peterson (@alexpABC27) April 20, 2020
Protestors demanding the state reopen business host rally in downtown Pittsburgh @TribLIVE pic.twitter.com/PD6D4ggKhE
— Shane Dunlap (@shanedunlap) April 20, 2020
Protesters have Front Street blocked going south, so that is backed way up into uptown Harrisburg. By the way u was out for a walk and decided to check this out. I’ve already left the area. @abc27News pic.twitter.com/XpMTtTlRBw
— alex peterson (@alexpABC27) April 20, 2020
Explain this one to me. Via @miguelmarquez in Harrisburg. pic.twitter.com/18FvkSTuWa
— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) April 20, 2020
Harrisburg, Pa. today. Signs are saying that Gov. Wolf is the virus, that the media are the virus. Everything is the virus, except the virus. https://t.co/tsUyBwVNN4
— Dan Zak (@MrDanZak) April 20, 2020
Follow @CynthFernandez who is at the PA protest in Harrisburg today where about 500 protesters are pushing gov to reopen. https://t.co/rgPniQ5dew
— Julia Terruso (@JuliaTerruso) April 20, 2020
Passed along by a reader: A rooftop view of the protest at the Capitol today. #COVID19 #covidprotests pic.twitter.com/3bFM1hDX8P
— ByJohnLMicek (@ByJohnLMicek) April 20, 2020
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A Tennessee restaurant owner wants charges filed against a customer who purposefully coughed on an employee who asked her to wear a mask.
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Morning show gives airtime to panel of white ‘Karens’ who blame Black Lives Matter for making name a slur
A British TV news program gave airtime to a panel of white women named Karen who say they have been unfairly maligned.
In a segment on Monday, ITV's Morning Show talked to three women about "memes" that use their name as a slur.
"I just noticed a few memes and TikToks going on and it started of being quite funny," Karen Masters told the program. "And when the Black Lives Matter protests started, there was a lot of media putting Karen as racist. It sort of took on a life of its own."
"And I feel that we can't, as Karens, now talk about how it's affecting us because we are told that we're entitled if we do this," she continued. "So I set up a Change.org [petition] to show that this is not fair for us to have to put up with this."
Supporters of President Donald Trump on Sunday were accused of jeopardizing astronauts' return to Earth.
After SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule became the first American spacecraft to splashdown in 45 years, a boat flying the Trump flag was spotted within feet of the astronauts.
The boaters were quickly called out on social media for "interfering" with the mission.
Watch the video and read some of the responses below.
Boat with Trump flag drives past #CrewDragon #SpaceXDragon pic.twitter.com/7slm0Vm4Dl
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