GOP Lawmakers Blocked From Entering New Jersey Statehouse Over COVID-19 Mandate; People Rally to Protest the Mandate

GOP Lawmakers Blocked From Entering New Jersey Statehouse Over COVID-19 Mandate; People Rally to Protest the Mandate
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie arrives to deliver the State of the State Address in the Assembly Chambers at the Statehouse, in Trenton, N.J., on Jan. 14, 2014. Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images
Ella Kietlinska
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On Monday six Republican lawmakers who refused to show their COVID-19 vaccine card or test were blocked by state police from entering the New Jersey Statehouse. New Jerseyans rallied on the same day to protest the recently adopted COVID-19 policy for entering the state legislature.

People gathered in front of the New Jersey Statehouse to protest against the COVID-19 policy enacted in November that requires all persons including lawmakers, staff, and the public who attend all gatherings and meetings in the state capitol building to show either proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 or the negative result of a COVID-19 PCR test performed within the last 72 hours.

Ella Kietlinska
Ella Kietlinska
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Ella Kietlinska is an Epoch Times reporter covering U.S. and world politics.
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