Y’all went from “All Lives Matter” to “No Lives Matter” at the speed of light. 🙃
— Marissa Jackson Sow (@MarissaEsque) April 16, 2020
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President Trump today addressed demonstrators defying social distancing guidelines to protest state stay-at-home orders.
— POLITICO (@politico) April 18, 2020
“These are people expressing their views …They seem to be very responsible people to me. But they’ve been treated a little bit rough.” pic.twitter.com/4Tz4ijlzga
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All you have to know about this Huntington Beach protest is that the guy holding the sign that says “COVID-19 IS A LIE” is wearing more PPE than most US frontline healthcare workers
— Sam Ghali, M.D. (@EM_RESUS) April 18, 2020
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A White House advisor said protests were spontaneous, but Michigan records showed the organizing group goes by another name: “Michigan Trump Republicans” and directors include “the state GOP v. chair of ’grass roots‘ efforts” … aiming to damage Whitmer.https://t.co/poLfPfH8ms
— Aaron C. Davis (@byaaroncdavis) April 18, 2020
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White guys, rifles, Trump signs — woman chief executive: “Lock her up!” What, no new material, guys?https://t.co/mbXsDo06fp
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) April 16, 2020
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Protestors yelling outside @GovAndyBeshear’s press room. ‘Facts over fear’ they also yell pic.twitter.com/ASfyE7Kigl
— Matt Stone (@mattstonephotog) April 15, 2020
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Jacksonville Beach reopened 26 minutes ago. This is a live picture. pic.twitter.com/tC6voQ3BAn
— Travis Akers (@travisakers) April 17, 2020
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Prepare for a lot of the progress that’s been made in states with Republican governors to be undone within weeks. https://t.co/JCx2pfequo
— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) April 17, 2020
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So Stephen Moore has emerged as the public voice of Friends of Covid-19, the astroturf uprising against efforts to contain the virus, comparing protesters to Rosa Parks. This is, of course, grotesque 1/ https://t.co/VIs5A4h1FK
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) April 19, 2020