Senators to meet with ‘People’s Convoy’ members; group circles Beltway for pandemic-related demonstration

Organizer acknowledges there’s a faction of the group that wants to head into the nation’s capital

By Ellie Silverman

Karina Elwood

Justin George

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Lori Aratani

Updated March 7, 2022 at 9:49 p.m. EST|Published March 6, 2022 at 11:48 p.m. EST

Hundreds of trucks, cars and SUVs left the Hagerstown Speedway to circle D.C.'s Beltway on March 7, protesting the government's pandemic restrictions. (Video: The Washington Post, Photo: Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)

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Hundreds of trucks, cars and SUVs protesting the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic circled the Capital Beltway on Monday for a second day as the group announced it secured a meeting in Washington with two senators.

Organizer Brian Brase said that the group, which began its demonstration on Sunday with two loops around the Beltway, has no plans to take the protest beyond the highway but acknowledged that there’s a faction of the convoy that wants to head into the nation’s capital. Authorities said traffic disruptions Monday were minimal and there were no reports of convoy-related incidents during the group’s single loop of the 64-mile Beltway.