War Hundreds of protesters, some carrying guns in the state Capitol, demonstrate against Michigan's emergency measures

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/hundreds-protest-michigan-lawmakers-consider-extending-governors-emergency-powers-n1196886

Hundreds of Michigan residents protested outside the state Capitol building in Lansing on Thursday, with some pushing inside while the Legislature was debating an extension of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s state of emergency in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Protesters held signs, waved American flags and even carried firearms while some chanted, “Let us in!” and “This is the people’s house, you cannot lock us out,” and others tried to get onto the House floor but were blocked by state police and sergeants-at-arms, according to WDIV-TV, an NBC affiliate in Detroit.

A state police spokesman told NBC News that it is legal in Michigan to carry firearms as long as it is done with lawful intent and the weapon is visible.



The protest, dubbed the "American Patriot Rally," was organized by Michigan United for Liberty to call for the reopening of businesses.

State lawmakers are expected to vote on the 28-day extension of the state of emergency before it expires at midnight.

Whitmer, a Democrat who has faced fierce backlash for her strict stay-at-home mandate, extended that order earlier this month until May 15, but eased some restrictions on public activities as the state's coronavirus cases stabilize. The state, however, still has more than 40,000 cases and is one of the hardest-hit states.

The emergency declaration allows Whitmer to use her emergency powers to use executive orders during a crisis; its extension is separate from the extension of the stay-at-home order.

As the protests moved indoors from the rainy steps of the Capitol, police took the temperatures of those entering the building using a forehead thermometer, according to WOOD-TV, an NBC affiliate in Grand Rapids.

Like the “Operation Gridlock” demonstration on April 15 over Whitmer’s stay-at-home order, many demonstrators appeared to be supporters of President Donald Trump, donning "Make American Great Again" campaign hats, and in one instance, putting on a dance routine by two girls wearing masks that appeared to be Trump and former President Barack Obama.

Republican lawmakers in Michigan, who control both chambers, have signaled that they would like to see the state safely reopen soon and have pushed back against Whitmer’s request for an extension of her emergency declaration.

 

[Duke Nukem]

On one hand, the tactical gear probably isn't a good look for the protests and will only be used as propaganda, on the other hand, fuck the media and fuck Gretchen Whitless and the Democratic party as a whole.

Say what you will about the demonstrators being faggot incels or whatever, but I don't necessarily think they're wrong. If anything I've become very anti-Left in the past several months and people like her and Bill de Fuhrer Blasio have only proven me right.

 

[MaleTears]

Yes, good job protestors, get yourselves put on a watch list

 

[Robert James]

Detroit is dense and is heavily afflicted. The rest of Michigan, by and large, is neither.
The tri-county area around Detroit has 39% of our population, but 71% of our cases and 81% of our deaths. Detroit proper has 7% of our population, 22% of cases and 27% of deaths.

Detroit City (pop. 673,000; 143 sq mi.; density: 4,708/sq. mi.; 1818/sq km) 9,057 cases, 1,035 deaths.
Detroit Tri-Counties (pop. 3,860,000; 2151 sq mi.; density: 1,796/sq. mi.; 694/sq km) 29,509 cases, 3,081 deaths.
The Rest of Michigan (pop. 6,120,000; 94,565 sq mi.; density: 65/sq. mi.; 25/sq km) 11,870 cases, 708 deaths (and over a quarter of those deaths are in our only other county with a triple-digit death count: Genesee, home of lead-in-the-water Flint.)
State Gov site - archive.

So you're saying they should of just locked down detroit and left the rest of the state alone? I mean the numbers seem off to someone who grew up in detroit but I'm not autistic enough to argue them I'll concede that but all you've proven is that she unnecessarily locked down 6,120,000 people instead of locking up detroit and the counties surrounding it.

 

[CeleryStalks]

So you're saying they should of just locked down detroit and left the rest of the state alone? I mean the numbers seem off to someone who grew up in detroit but I'm not autistic enough to argue them I'll concede that but all you've proven is that she unnecessarily locked down 6,120,000 people instead of locking up detroit and the counties surrounding it.

I don't know whether or not locking down the whole state was necessary or prudent. I just wanted to get the numbers out there so people ITT have a clearer idea what's going on in Michigan.

 

[Quixotic Man]

It doesn't matter if they are on the right or on the left, what country they are from, or what they are protesting.
75% of rally going protestors look like fucking retards.

 

[MrJokerRager]

Yes, good job protestors, get yourselves put on a watch list

The first time you visited this website put you on the watch list.

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

So you're saying they should of just locked down detroit and left the rest of the state alone?

I mean, Detroit should have been locked down a decade ago and left to rot from The Democrats that were left in power for the last 70 years.

 

[Uranus Pink]

It doesn't matter if they are on the right or on the left, what country they are from, or what they are protesting.
75% of rally going protestors look like fucking exceptional individuals.

Irrelevant what the protesters look like, what is extremely relevant is the governor is a de facto tyrant. Hence the triggering a very late 2nd Amendment response.

 

[Duke Nukem]

Irrelevant what the protesters look like, what is extremely relevant is the governor is a de facto tyrant. Hence the triggering a very late 2nd Amendment response.

At the moment, the useful idiots on Twatter are reposting #whiteprivilege and #michiganterrorists to discredit the protests.

A tyrant and her bootlickers calling other people "terrorists."

If only they knew what irony meant.

 

[Shield Breaker]

Irrelevant what the protesters look like, what is extremely relevant is the governor is a de facto tyrant. Hence the triggering a very late 2nd Amendment response.

Wrong. If the media hates you, you have to look a lot better than normal protesters. It's not fair, but it is the truth.

 

[Cedric_Eff]

For once, I want all these assholes to get COVID-19 and their family line ends with them.

 

[Freedom Fries]

At the moment, the useful idiots on Twatter are reposting #whiteprivilege and #michiganterrorists to discredit the protests.

A tyrant and her bootlickers calling other people "terrorists."

If only they knew what irony meant.

They also do that when white frat boys do a choreographed song/dance for laughs. If anything this is still very useful in getting the wypipo to realize the Democratic Party, media, and western left at large isn't worth being part of.

 

[Duke Nukem]

They also do that when white frat boys do a choreographed song/dance for laughs. If anything this is still very useful in getting the wypipo to realize the Democratic Party, media, and western left at large isn't worth being part of.

They're figuring this out just now?

 

[The Last Stand]

For once, I want all these assholes to get COVID-19 and their family line ends with them.

Not going to lie, if one of them gets Corona, they'd be the funniest shit to this whole thing.

They COULD try to spin the government infected me spiel. Still.

 

[Freedom Fries]

They're figuring this out just now?

many such cases, especially among "social democrats" like I used to be

 

[Paratroeper]

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I just see a bunch of based, patriotic Americans putting the fear of God into their elected officials. If you have a problem with that, you're a bootlicking coward, Tuscan.

 

[Paratroeper]

I just see a bunch of based, patriotic Americans putting the fear of God into their elected officials. If you have a problem with that, you're a bootlicking coward, Tuscan.

I'm just documenting the political lolcows at this protest as I see them. I have nothing to do with Tuscany (I'm white).

 

[Bunny Tracks]

Why can't people protest and not act like a total sped while doing it?

You wanna protest the government? All the power to you. You have the right to do so. Go exercise that First Amendment.

You wanna protest the government while decked out in tactical gear, wearing Alex Jones Obama Joker shirts, carrying big "scary" guns, and larping like you're some kind of badass? Go for it, man, but you make yourself, and your cause look utterly ridiculous.

 

[Duke Nukem]

Not going to lie, if one of them gets Corona, they'd be the funniest shit to this whole thing.

They COULD try to spin the government infected me spiel. Still.

It's possible but I'm not sure how likely that is, that being said, if we lose a few men and the lockdown ends, it'll be worth it.

Also, you have to remember that the Communist News Network and co. only care about pushing narratives and not factual reporting. To be fair, I kinda do buy the "gov taking advantage to impose tyranny" angle.

I just see a bunch of based, patriotic Americans putting the fear of God into their elected officials. If you have a problem with that, you're a bootlicking coward, Tuscan.

Don't even bother, having to repeatedly hammer out new accounts to shitpost with has broken her brain (assuming said user actually is a girl)

On the other hand, images like this are a lot handier than Bill de Fuhrer rounding up the Jews in NYC. I'm largely on the side of the protesters even if I'm kind of wary of their methods and question their effectiveness. Of course the media's gonna run around screaming white terrorism but who the fuck believes the TV people on anything? I wouldn't trust them to go get me a cup of coffee at this rate.

Why can't people protest and not act like a total sped while doing it?

You wanna protest the government? All the power to you. You have the right to do so. Go exercise that First Amendment.

You wanna protest the government while decked out in tactical gear, wearing Alex Jones Obama Joker shirts, carrying big "scary" guns, and larping like you're some kind of badass? Go for it, man, but you make yourself, and your cause look utterly ridiculous.

It's no different from the Occupy Wall Street tards, except these people probably had jobs before the virus.