Townhall | Politicians and Media Are Fomenting Stay-At-Home Protests

Americans are beginning to push back on many of the draconian stay-at-home orders across this nation. Protests have erupted in Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, and North Carolina. More protests are scheduled over the weekend in Colorado.

The recipe for these protests are elected officials going too far with their stay-at-home orders, local media not reflecting the concerns of the people, and a national media that would rather fight the President than fairly cover the pandemic.

In Colorado, a father was detained by police while playing t-ball with his daughter in a park and obeying social distancing rules. Church-goers in Mississippi were cited and initially fined $500 for attending a drive-in church in their own cars with the windows up all while drive-in restaurants were allowed to operate. Residents in Michigan are told which products in a grocery store are essential and which are not. In Denver, pot stores are considered essential businesses and remain open only because they have good lobbyists with connections to the Mayor’s office. The same city has cited appliance and craft stores for remaining open. In Raleigh, North Carolina, the police deemed protesting a “non-essential activity.”

Americans back to the founding of this nation have engaged in protest during government overreach. The Boston Tea Party was a response to English government aggression. Protest is an essential activity to our constitutional republic.

Local media has not reflected the concerns of their people. A popular reporter in Colorado deemed those obeying the orders are making “tough sacrifices for the common good” whereas those challenging the orders as a “few folks who want to make noise and get attention.” This bizarre dichotomy continued when he claimed challenging an epidemiologist on COVID-19 pandemic numbers was akin to questioning a firefighter trying to put a fire out at your house.

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