Whitmer, a Democrat, was referring to the hundreds of demonstrators who protested Michigan's emergency measures at the state Capitol building last week.
WASHINGTON — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Tuesday that the protesters who demonstrated at the state Capitol building last week “carried nooses and Confederate flags and swastikas.”
Everyone is focused on the fact that some of the protesters were carrying firearms, Whitmer said, adding,"The fact of the matter is, that kind of rhetoric, that kind of ugly political rallying is only making it harder for us to re-engage, which is the sad irony, is that demonstrations like that create the need to continue this aggressive stance that we've had to take to save lives."
Whitmer, a Democrat, was referring to the hundreds of demonstrators who protested the state’s coronavirus emergency measures in Lansing last week. She has come under fire for the state's stay-at-home order, which has sparked massive protests in which people violated social-distancing guidelines. She has said that she respects people’s right to dissent, but they must follow best practices put out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, said Sunday that anti-lockdown protests are"devastatingly worrisome" because demonstrators who do not practice social distancing could contract COVID-19 and spread it to other people.
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