In the rural Northwest, militia movements and some far-right Republican officials are calling for people to defy stay-at-home orders meant to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Ammon Bundy had pledged to hold a nondenominational Easter service in a venue holding up to 1,000 people. In reality on Sunday, a much smaller crowd would turn out at a warehouse he owns in a dusty lot near the Emmett railroad tracks.
The event appeared to draw about 60 people, about half of whom when asked by Rodriguez said they'd traveled from out of state. Some seemed to know each other and hugged and shook hands. No one wore masks or any other protective gear. Outside, American flags were mounted on pickup trucks with bumper stickers promoting the Three Percenters militia, as a man at the entrance blew on a shofar, an adopted symbol of the rebellious anti-federal Patriot Movement.
"Quite frankly, I don't know why Idaho is falling in line with some of the most liberal governors across the nation," said Rep. Heather Scott, a state lawmaker from Blanchard, in northern Idaho. "The lying, Trump-hating media who continues to push global and socialist agendas has told us that there is an emergency," Scott said in her YouTube video.Fellow local Republican and Bonner County Sheriff Daryl Wheeler also sent a letter to Gov. Brad Little asking him to call an emergency session of the legislature to rescind the stay-at-home order. It's been in place since March 25 and is set to expire this week.and will be defended in court if a challenge comes.
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