Thread by @tripgabriel, A day after PA recorded its highest CV death toll, an anti-shutdown [...]

A day after PA recorded its highest CV death toll, an anti-shutdown protest is planned Monday for the Capitol, organized by a gun-rights activist in Ohio, who with two brothers has been behind similar efforts in other states, as WaPo reported over weekend. https://www.inquirer.com/news/coronavirus-covid-rally-harrisburg-quarantine-shutdown-wolf-chris-dorr-20200420.html">https://www.inquirer.com/news/coro...

The backlash against the quarantine has begun in Pennsylvania, with anti-shutdown rally Monday in...

“I’m definitely not going to be out there shouting at people for not wearing masks,” said Chris Dorr, organizer of the Monday rally in Harrisburg. “This is a free country, right?”

https://www.inquirer.com/news/coronavirus-covid-rally-harrisburg-quarantine-shutdown-wolf-chris-dorr-20200420.html

The Facebook group has become a forum for a slew of grievances, including about vaccines, conspiracies about Bill Gates and the notion that shutdowns meant to slow the virus are really aimed at defeating Trump in November, reports @PhillyInquirer

And people are talking about flu again: ‘We get a yearly flu that kills thousands and thousands. I’m not sure what the difference is with this virus,’ says a GOP candidate for state representative from Montgomery Co.

More about Chris Dorr, a chief organizer behind the PA protest https://www.dispatch.com/news/20190809/patrol-reviewing-video-by-gun-rights-advocate-threatening-bodies-laying-all-over-ground">https://www.dispatch.com/news/2019...

Patrol reviewing video by gun rights advocate threatening 'bodies laying all over the ground'

The inflammatory comments Wednesday came in the context of raising money for future elections. But the office of Gov. Mike DeWine took them seriously enough to refer the matter to the State Highway...

https://www.dispatch.com/news/20190809/patrol-reviewing-video-by-gun-rights-advocate-threatening-bodies-laying-all-over-ground

Trump, who released guidelines on how govs should decide about reopenings, reversed himself and encouraged protesters to ‘liberate’ states, as his poll numbers started falling. Lots of insights from @maggieNYT https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/us/politics/trump-coronavirus.html?referringSource=articleShare">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/2...

Trump, Head of Government, Leans Into Antigovernment Message

With his poll numbers fading after a rally-around-the-leader bump, the president is stoking protests against stay-at-home orders.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/us/politics/trump-coronavirus.html?referringSource=articleShare

Here was Trump on Thursday officially giving governors the authority to reopen after meeting careful benchmarks about the virus’s decline. Less than 24 hours later he contradicted it w his ‘liberate’ tweets https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-guidelines-for-reopening-states-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-will-leave-decisions-to-governors/2020/04/16/593edd38-8022-11ea-8013-1b6da0e4a2b7_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...

Trump’s guidelines for reopening states amid coronavirus pandemic will leave decisions to governors

The guidance lists a set of criteria — such as testing and hospital capacity — for local leaders to use in making their decisions.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-guidelines-for-reopening-states-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-will-leave-decisions-to-governors/2020/04/16/593edd38-8022-11ea-8013-1b6da0e4a2b7_story.html

This is what Chris Dorr, event organizer, had to say when asked if attendees might spread the virus: “This is an outdoor event, I think there’s a good amount of air flow. Exercise the common sense your grandma taught you. If you’re at risk, if you’ve got the flu, stay home.’’

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