Protests break out in Michigan over state's stay-at-home order
By: Audrey McNamara ,CBS News
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Michigan residents who oppose Governor Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order blocked traffic Wednesday by descending on the state's Capitol in Lansing. Protesters in cars honked their horns and decorated their vehicles with flags in support of President Trump, and signs reading "let us work."
Last week Whitmer, a Democrat, extended the state's "stay home, stay safe" order through April 30. As of Wednesday, the state had 28,059 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,921 people had died from the coronavirus, according to the state's health department.
In response to the extended order, a Facebook event titled "Operation Gridlock" called for people to drive around the Capitol building.
"Come prepared for a traffic jam in Lansing! We WANT gridlock. Do not park and walk - stay in your vehicles!" reads the Facebook event page , created by the Michigan Conservative Coalition and Freedom Fund.
"This arbitrary blanket spread of shutting down businesses, about putting all of these workers out of business, is just a disaster. It's an economic disaster for Michigan," coalition member Meshawn Maddock said, The Associated Press reported. "And people are sick and tired of it."
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