Posted on 05/02/2020 8:36:48 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
They came with babies strapped to their chests, flags waving and even a speedboat parked at the curb to symbolize California's closed beaches.
Hundreds of people — likely more than 1,000 — crowded around the California State Capitol on Friday to protest Gov. Gavin Newsom's social distancing orders amid a pandemic that has now killed more than 2,000 Californians.
With nary a mask in sight, protesters called Newsom a tyrant and showed their support for President Trump, evidenced by Trump 2020 gear everywhere, including for sale. But despite the president's back-and-forth support of social distancing, most were quick to absolve him of their anger over current conditions in the Golden State.
Susan Dorrity, a retired mortgage broker from Modesto, said the president was smart to leave decisions about closures to governors.
“Not opening up as of May 1 is on the governor, not on him,” she said. “God is behind Trump.”
The demonstration was unauthorized and not permitted by the California Highway Patrol, but CHP officers did not disperse protesters until late in the afternoon when tense moments led to a handful of arrests.
A woman who identified herself only as Michelle expressed outrage as multiple California Highway Patrol officers secured her wrists with plastic ties.
"We were peacefully assembling and I am getting arrested," she fumed as her 14-year-old daughter stood by, separated from other family members. The young girl fled past the line of officers in tactical gear with batons out, into a press of protesters, searching for her sister.
Other protests took place elsewhere in California on Friday, along with actions by grocery clerks, warehouse employees and other frontline workers who say employers are not protecting them from the contagion.
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Needs to become a daily event.
It’s not about your health!
“When the State tells you it’s safe to go to Home Depot to buy a sponge but dangerous to go and buy a flower, it’s not about your health.
When the State shuts down millions of private businesses but doesn’t lay off a single government employee, it’s not about your health.
When the State bans dentists because its unsafe, but deems an abortion visit is safe, it’s not about your health.
When the State prevents you from buying cucumber seeds because it’s dangerous, but allows personal lottery ticket sales, it’s not about your health.
When the State tells you it’s dangerous to go golf alone, fish alone or be in a motor boat alone, but the Governor can get his stage make-up done, and hair done for 5 TV appearances a week, it’s not about your health.
When the state puts you IN a jail cell for walking in a park with your child because it’s too dangerous but lets criminals OUT of jail cells for their health- It’s not about YOUR health!
When the state tells you it’s too dangerous to get treated by a doctor for chiropractic or physical therapy treatments yet deems a liquor store essential- It’s not about your health!
When the State lets you go to the grocery store or hardware store but is demanding mail-in voting, ITS NOT ABOUT YOUR HEALTH.
WAKE UP PEOPLE — If you think this is all about your health you’re mistaken! Please open your eyes! Stop being lead like blind sheep.”
“Nary a mask in sight” is a lie. Plenty of the protestors wore them.
Amen brother. Well said, very well said.
Well...something did.
Bricks said nobody dies from the flu anymore.
Good post. This has always been about politics and not health.
Try 25,000 deaths in New York if they need to complain about death numbers.
Yeah, those are bogus too. CDC suddenly revised down its CV death numbers after they got busted padding the totals.
Hospitals raking in the bucks (yours) for bat-flu “deaths”.
P&I?....meh
What does California have to do with New York? Aside from being twice as populated and have 1/10 the number of deaths.
Looking back at Federal budget negotiations, remember all the doom and gloom when it was suggested that non essential workers would be furloughed? Yet, now, when MILLIONS of people have been thrown out of work because they’re non essential, not a peep of sympathy from the gangster media and their Mob bosses in the Democrat party. Never forget though, the Democrats are for the little guy.
Keep it up, people.
“ When the State shuts down millions of private businesses but doesn’t lay off a single government employee, it’s not about your health.”
Bears repeating, again and again and again
when the State considers FakeNewsMSM is essential, you know it’s a joke.
Absolutely. Looking into doing just that in my home town of Bothell, WA. Officials need to have daily pressure on them to recognize that insanity has taken over common sense.
#3. Welcome to “Commiefornia”! All Newsome needs on his coat is a hammer and sickle patch to make it official.
If the government can declare your livelihood “nonessential” then they will soon be calling your very existence “nonessential”. When this foolish and despotic lockdown sinks this country into another great depression and the government discovers that is can no longer print enough money to feed you then they will let you starve to death.
It is long past time for Americans to push back against this fascist lockdown to regain our freedoms and preserve our very lives.
If peaceful assembly to protest Government tyranny can not get a permit, the point of the protest is proven with no Contest.
The legal Constitutional remedy is the second amendment. The Govenor Gruesome has crossed a red line that he has no legal recourse to defend himself by.
Somehow he has forgotten the votes to pit him in power can be rescinded as he works for the citizens, not the other way around.
I pray he realizes his mistake before it is too late. The next step is a doozie, and one I dread happening.
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