I am really glad that I do not live in Michigan - from Legal Insurrection:
Michigan Legislature Closes to Avoid Gathering of Lockdown Protesters
Michigan is a hot mess. See here, here, here, here, here, and here.
Thursday, Mary blogged about a lockdown protest, which by all appearances, seemed perfectly rational and understandable, given the circumstances.
Some more:
Because of the protests, Michigan’s legislature called an early end to their session. From Bloomberg (which explains the skewed language):
Michigan closed down its capitol in Lansing on Thursday and canceled its legislative session rather than face the possibility of an armed protest and death threats against Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
The gathering, meant to advocate opening the state for business despite the coronavirus pandemic, followed one April 30 that resulted in pictures of protesters clad in military-style gear and carrying long guns crowding the statehouse. They confronted police and taunted lawmakers.
“Taunted lawmakers.” Gee, if only lawmakers worked for us… if only…
Much much more at the site - this is just the briefest of excerpts. The Michigan government is out of control. In this sense, the C19 virus is a good thing - it forced the hand of the liberals and made them show their true colors less than 200 days before a major national election. This will be interesting.
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