How Trump allies have organized and promoted anti-lockdown protests

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-protests/how-trump-allies-have-organized-and-promoted-anti-lockdown-protests-idUSKCN2233ES

April 21, 2020 / 6:56 PM
How Trump allies have organized and promoted anti-lockdown protests
Michael Martina, Jarrett Renshaw, Tim Reid

HARRISBURG, Pa./DETROIT (Reuters) - Republican politicians and individuals affiliated with President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign are organizing or promoting anti-lockdown protests across key electoral battleground states, despite the White House’s own cautious guidance on relaxing restrictions, interviews with two dozen people involved show.

In Michigan, the organizers of last week’s rally against Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home order aimed at combating the coronavirus pandemic are involved in the Republican president’s re-election effort, a Reuters review of their profiles and interviews with them show.

In other swing states, such as Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and North Carolina, Republican lawmakers, party leaders and Trump allies encouraged their social media followers to join the protests and attended the events themselves.

Their actions contradict the Trump administration’s recommendations for a slow and phased reopening, as well as warnings from its own medical experts that opening the economy too fast risks a resurgence of the novel coronavirus that has infected almost 810,000 people in the United States and killed over 45,000 - the world’s highest number of cases and deaths.

A bipartisan majority of Americans - 88% of Democrats and 55% of Republicans - also want to continue to shelter in place despite the impact on the economy, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday.

[randr]

1. Trump has a well oiled astroturf machine

He can unleash it at any time and make it appear that Americans are expressing a viable arguement to an issue.
This is not what they actually do. They grab media attention and take our eyes off what we should be focusing on. They are only barking dogs used for distraction.
If the large majority of Americans had a medium to show their displeasure at the same time in some way it could change the game.