I& #39;ve been thinking about the LIBERATE protests completely the wrong way. The point of astroturfing these things is not to fire up / motivate GOP base.
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They& #39;re designed to send a partisan signal on how to view reopening, which people would normally view through an "I can haz COVID?" lens instead of a partisan lens 2/

Trump& #39;s decision to reopen (insofar as it& #39;s his at all) has already been made based on some economic/electoral calculus. But most GOP are viewing this through a public health lens and scared we& #39;ll move too quickly 3/

The protests and Fox News noise machine aren& #39;t aimed at motivating the hardcore base. They& #39;re aimed turning reopening into a partisan issue for the broader GOP universe. 4/

Addendum... It& #39;s not most GOP who are worried we will move too quickly, but it& #39;s ~40% which is a big problem.