Several states see demonstrations against lockdown measures aimed at halting virus. FMTNews
Protesters with rifles stand watch outside the State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan.
A handful of stay-at-home opponents gathered outside the Virginia state capitol in Richmond on Thursday, but the largest protest so far was on Wednesday in Michigan, where the virus has killed 1,900 people, the third-highest death toll of any US state. Among the organisations that backed the protest were the Michigan Conservative Coalition, the Michigan Freedom Fund and gun-toting members of the Michigan Militia.Others compared Whitmer, the governor, to Adolf Hitler.
Grocery stores remain open in the industrial state, heart of the US auto industry, but businesses deemed non-essential have been forced to close. A recent poll found that 71% of the voters in Michigan, which narrowly voted for Trump in the 2016 presidential election, approved of the job she is doing.
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