#Operation gridlock drivers
In an epidemic that is disproportionately killing Black people and the poor, these drivers - predominantly white and well-off - are essentially asking for others to die. Like Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodwyn calling for Las Vegas casinos to re-open while also saying that she wouldn't be going into them, these Operation Gridlock drivers are pressing for others to risk life and health. Make no mistake that these people calling for re-opening are not looking to risk their own lives. The event tapered off to nothing soon after 2 p.m. The plan was to circle the capitol with as many honking cars and trucks honking to protest the stay.
Moore told the Post that over the next “two weeks, you’ll see protests in the streets of conservatives you’ll see a big pushback against the lockdown in some states.” Over a decade ago, FreedomWorks took part in the Tea Party movement’s protests against Barack Obama.For much of the event, LAPD closed off one block of Spring Street and two blocks of First Street, forcing Operation Gridlock participants to circle in a larger perimeter.Īnd so they did, bunching at left turns while honking incessantly. Operation Gridlock officially started at noon Wednesday. Stephen Moore, a Heritage Foundation economist and Trump’s failed pick for the Federal Reserve board, is slated to lead the effort and will be joined by Tea Party Patriots cofounder Jenny Martin, Koch-affiliated American Legislative Exchange Council executive Lisa Nelson, and FreedomWorks president Adam Brandon, per a Washington Post report this week. The extent of the gridlock in hospitals over Christmas has been revealed, with data in England showing record numbers of ambulances delayed dropping off patients at A&E. More established conservatives are getting in on the push, forming a coalition to restart the U.S. “Are we in martial law right now? Because we’re acting like it.” Operation Gridlock: Thousands protest Whitmer's stay-at-home order in Michigan - Washington Times Home News National Operation Gridlock: Thousands protest Whitmer’s stay-at-home order in. “It’s time for citizens to stand up and take our country back, just like President Trump promised during his inaugural address,” Shroyer said on Tuesday, downplaying the risk of a mass gathering by telling viewers he was not afraid to catch COVID-19 and ginning them for a revolt. Infowars host Owen Shroyer, a conspiracy theorist currently facing a lawsuit for promoting hoax claims about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, has already scheduled an April 18 “You Can’t Close America” rally in Austin, Texas. With every passing day that lockdowns are extended, Ingraham’s prediction appears more and more likely, especially if conservative pundits have their way. The Michigan Conservative Committee organized a rally, dubbed Operation Gridlock, outside Michigan’s state capitol on Wednesday, demanding that the governor, Gretchen Whitmer, lift restrictions. MLive reporter Malachi Barrett highlighted the president’s influence on the rallygoers, calling it “half protest, half Trump rally,” an unsurprising connection given that Trump has recently upped demands for “OPENING UP AMERICA AGAIN!” The protest was organized by the Michigan Freedom Fund and Michigan Conservative Coalition, the former of which is backed by the billionaire family of Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s education secretary. Her most radical GOP constituents have called the order tyrannical, as they made evident by blaring car horns, waving signs that likened Whitmer to Hitler-including one that read, “Trump, lock up the Nazi woman from Michigan”-and chanting, “Lock her up!” and “We will not comply!” on the capitol front lawn. She issued the executive action after over 20,000 Michiganders had become infected with COVID-19 and nearly 1,000 had died, leading to capacity issues at Detroit-area hospitals. The protesters’ ire was aimed at Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer, who, while facing the third-worst outbreak in the U.S., extended Michigan’s stay-at-home order last week to April 30, banning gatherings of 10 or more people and the reopening of nonessential businesses and schools.
The largest protest was staged in Michigan, where conservatives formed a tight-knit crowd around the steps of the Lansing capitol building and blocked off surrounding streets in the self-titled “Operation Gridlock” effort. Despite coronavirus causing over 30,000 deaths in America alone, the pro-Trump and largely mask-less protesters, some of whom flew Confederate flags and open-carried AR-15 and AK-47 variants, gathered to demand an end to outbreak-reduction efforts and a premature return to normalcy. In the capital cities of Michigan, Kentucky, and North Carolina, hundreds of conservatives staged mass protests on Wednesday against social distancing orders-and top right-wing media figures are cheering them on.
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