Protests erupt again over coronavirus shelter-in-place orders. Here's why some governors aren't budging

Anger over shelter-in-place orders boiled over, with protesters ignoring social distancing guidelines and packing state capitols and streets.

"Jesus is my vaccine," said one message on a tractor as it drove past the crowded statehouse in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Monday.

"Freedom over fear," said one protester's sign in Indiana.
"Shutdown the shutdown," another sign in Maryland read.

Across the country, more protests have popped up in both red and blue states. And they have backing from powerful conservative allies in Washington DC, including FreedomWorks, a major conservative group closely associated with the Tea Party, and Stephen Moore, an economist who President Donald Trump tapped as a member of his economic reopening council.

"Our goal is to make these protests as safe as possible and as effective as possible," Moore told CNN. "The whole idea of civil disobedience in a protest is to persuade people (that) what you're doing is speaking up for a cause, you know, that people will feel is just and right."