Guns are totally inappropriate.
Michigan coronavirus cases are up.
A Detroit man has been charged with making credible threats to kill Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel https://t.co/c0xAXfgIm2
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 15, 2020
Gov. Whitmer on CNN: "These are not just citizens who are unhappy about having to stay home. This is a political rally … When people are showing up with guns, when people are showing up with things like confederate flags, it tells you that this really isn't about the lockdown."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 15, 2020
A noose, an ax and Trump-inspired insults: Anti-lockdown protesters ratchet up violent rhetoric https://t.co/wwIIWPSVYh
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 15, 2020
"This activity that many of them incited, frankly."
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 15, 2020
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says state legislators "didn't want to be around" as demonstrators gathered at the state Capitol to protest her stay-at-home order, prompting the building to close https://t.co/tUe573Jugi pic.twitter.com/OrIqXUNiRT
People with firearms forced the civil government of the state of Michigan to shut itself down. Tell me in what sense is this not terrorism. Tell me in what sense is this not something we would mock if it happened overseas in another failed state. https://t.co/eUe0nmV358
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) May 15, 2020
Michigan Cancels Legislative Session to Avoid Armed Protesters https://t.co/L8qErjqtmd
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 15, 2020
White supremacist militia shut down the Michigan legislature. Only in this culture of denial and distraction could that go ignored.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) May 15, 2020
White supremacist terrorists endanger the country. You need to see it. Understand it. Because the threat is growing.
Hundreds of protesters, some carrying guns, flaunted social-distancing measures on Thursday to rally at the Capitol in Lansing, calling for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to lift her stay-at-home order. https://t.co/8aNmkpKALC
— Detroit Metro Times (@metrotimes) May 14, 2020
Michigan legislature has bailed rather than face the unhinged protesters that the Michigan legislature itself helped to arm. While planning the assault, protesters had discussed lynching the governor. MAGA. https://t.co/ZwtvYzTliZ
— Francis Wilkinson (@fdwilkinson) May 14, 2020
Gov. Whitmer becomes target of dozens of threats on private Facebook groups ahead of armed rally in Lansing https://t.co/ZmwMMuxelw
— Thomas Edsall (@Edsall) May 11, 2020
A lot of people saw the White Tears Death March at Michigan's capitol & said: "If black people did that…"
— michaelharriot (@michaelharriot) May 3, 2020
Some mentioned Reagan's gun control law after '67 Panthers protest But there are many historical examples of white people freaking out when blacks protested.
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Holy cow. this is revolting banana republic stuff.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) May 14, 2020
"Mich closed down its capitol in Lansing on Thursday and canceled its legislative session rather than face the possib of an armed protest and death threats against Democratic Gov Gretchen Whitmer." https://t.co/kqjFDufrRa
Not sure that “protest” is the right word for this. https://t.co/cBO2ZpmAZT
— Julian Zelizer (@julianzelizer) May 14, 2020
3 people in scrubs and masks are standing outside the Secretary of State’s office as Unlock Michigan prepares to turn in its petitions to limit Gov. Whitmer’s emergency powers pic.twitter.com/492CzT01dl
— Craig Mauger (@CraigDMauger) October 2, 2020
Sad! 