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Originally Posted by homoe
OLYMPIA, WA., April 19 (Reuters) - An estimated 2,500 people rallied at the Washington state capitol on Sunday to protest Democratic Governor Jay Inslee’s stay-at-home order to limit the spread of coronavirus, defying a ban on gatherings of 50 or more people. Despite pleas from rally organizers to wear face coverings or masks, many did not. Protesters drove vehicles to the state capitol, honking horns and clogging streets
Police estimated the crowd at 2,500, making it one of the largest protests in U.S. states against lockdowns over the past week. In Olympia, hundreds gathered in close quarters on the steps of the capitol building and around a fountain, contravening state and federal health guidelines during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
“Shutting down businesses by picking winners and losers in which there are essential and non-essential are violations of the state and federal constitution,” rally organizer Tyler Miller, 39, an engineer from Bremerton, Washington, and a Republican precinct officer, told Reuters.
Way to go Einsteins!
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Thus proving that the gene pool has a shallow end…
This went national today and while I knew that if this went on long enough they were sure to be some civil unrest, I honestly thought it would take the United States a little longer to devolve.
This will just be another wedge for Trump to use to drive more division into the population.
I understand the frustration I have also lost my income and a sizable chunk of assets and had a lot of plans for this next year all of which are inaccessible for the foreseeable future. I don’t see it as being worth dying or killing for. (That said, I know there are people in truly dire straits) I suspect that a lot of these folks don’t have anyone in their lives directly affected yet, it probably doesn’t seem real to them.
We need to get more economic support rolled out and quickly.