A western Maryland race track has evicted the remnants of a trucker protest that had used the site as a staging ground.
The People's Convoy had conducted a series of rolling protests around the Capital Beltway in March to protest pandemic restrictions and other grievances.
After a hiatus, a smaller group of truckers returned Wednesday to the Hagerstown Speedway.
But The Herald-Mail in Hagerstown reported Saturday that Speedway General Manager Lisa Plessinger asked the group to leave amid infighting over its next steps.
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The last of the truckers left Friday night, she said.
She compared the convoy to "like when your mother-in-law comes to visit and decides to stay.”
A press release issued Friday on a Facebook page for The People's Convoy “declares victory and announces its conclusion of the national convoy portion of this great movement.”
