U.S. News reports that growing unrest among Americans has led many to push back against stay at home orders.
Spurned by the “draconian” measures taken by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, approximately 3,000 Michigan residents rallied at the Michigan State Capitol to protest the stay-at-home restrictions she instituted. Dubbed, Operation Gridlock, the rally jammed the streets.
This came after Whitmer announced last week the state’s stay-at-home order was being extended until June 12. Protestors said the policy that prohibits stores from selling certain nonessential goods and shuts down others is an overreaction.
Similar but smaller protests took place this week in North Carolina, Ohio, and Utah. Groups known as Reopen Virginia, Virginians Against Excessive Quarantine, and End the Lockdown VA, planned to stage a similar rally at the state capitol in Richmond.
For now, the majority of people are satisfied with their state’s response to the outbreak, but approval ratings are beginning to erode.
Meshawn Maddock, one of the organizers of the rally in Lansing, said, “When I’m fighting to (help) a guy who cleans pools or mows lawns, or women who wants to sell her onion sets or geraniums, I don’t care whether they vote Republican, Democrat, or never vote at all.”
Watch the video as Public Affairs Consultant and fellow at the Centennial Institute at Christian University Kelly Sloan explains for One America News why the current stay in place orders are “not sustainable.”
