(Source: Boston Globe)

(George Rizer/Globe Staff)

A few dozen activists clutching posters and red gasoline cans attended a Republican rally this morning on the steps of the State House to protest the governor’s plan to raise the gas tax by 19 cents.

The protesters urged drivers on Beacon Hill to honk to object to Governor Deval Patrick’s transportation bill, which would increase the gas tax instead of tolls on the Massachusetts Turnpike.

“Everybody who drives to work was honking their horn,” said Barney Keller, spokesman for the state Republican Party. “It went excellent. We had people braving the cold.”

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