Conservatives protest coronavirus restrictions; Florida beaches reopen to crowds and criticism

State Republicans, libertarian parties and Infowars are protesting local coronavirus restrictions this weekend after President Trump tweeted to “liberate” their states from stay-at-home orders.
Trump’s messaging, coupled with how quickly and well-organized these planned demonstrations bubbling up in Maryland, Utah, Texas, California, Arizona, Washington state and Colorado are, show how ideology has played a role in the national opinion of closures, though early polling suggests the activists represent a minority of Americans.
One of the groups making this argument, Reopen Maryland, hosted a drive-through fake memorial service honoring “the Maryland we knew” Saturday in Annapolis. Cars blocked streets and a chorus of horns rang.
Protestors are gathering in Annapolis today, honking their horns and holding up signs out cars windows, demanding that the governor reopen Maryland. pic.twitter.com/bJ7PDKmblc
— Samantha Schmidt (@schmidtsam7) April 18, 2020
Jim Wass, an organizer and chair of the Prince George’s County Republican Party, said Gov. Larry Hogan (R) shouldn’t push back the reopening day of May …continued .
[Source: Washington Post]