Trump's tweets echoed a growing number of protests, led mainly by his supporters, demanding governors change their social distancing rules.
Protesters from a grassroots organization called REOPEN NC demonstrate against the North Carolina coronavirus lockdown at a parking lot adjacent to the North Carolina State Legislature in Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 14, 2020."I think they're listening. I think they listen to me. They seem to be protesters that like me and respect this opinion," Trump said of the protesters in Michigan during a White House press briefing Thursday.
"This actually looks like a Trump rally," a man at the protest said on one livestreamed video feed of the event. At a briefing in late March, Trump said he instructed Vice President Mike Pence, who leads the U.S. response to the coronavirus, not to call governors who aren't "appreciative" of his efforts.
"There's a fairly long-term pattern of partisans on each side being mobilized by their president and changing their ideas based on what the president says, and that's been amplified in the Trump era," Grossmann said.a mass gathering is being organized for next week in front of the state Capitol building in Harrisburg.
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