The protests were mostly organized on Facebook, which says it has removed anti-quarantine events promoted in some states, and have garnered the encouragement of Pres. Trump.
“Government mandating sick people to stay home is called quarantine. However, the government mandating healthy citizens to stay home, forcing businesses and churches to close is called tyranny,” reads a statement released by the Pennsylvanians Against Excessive Quarantine.
Protesters demonstrate at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., April 20, 2020, demanding that Gov. Tom Wolf reopen Pennsylvania's economy even as new social-distancing mandates took effect at stores and other commercial buildings. All 67 counties in Pennsylvania have reported having positive coronavirus cases, according to the data.Despite the grim numbers, organizers of the Harrisburg protest complained that they will have endured seven weeks of home lockdown once May 1 arrives.
The various protesting groups claim they are not affiliated with any political party, or political action group, according to the statement. But many in the crowd Monday held up Trump reelection posters.
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