It’s been apparent that these protests were not spontaneous but largely the product of coordination by right-wing groups. Now we know more about who is doing the coordinating
Not-so-spontaneous protests against the anti-coronavirus of North Carolina Democratic governor Roy Cooper.
These groups need all the firepower they can get to give the protests the look of size and momentum, since polls show a sizable majority of Americans support the measures they are protesting, some of which have emanated from Republican governors and those trying to follow the Trump administration’s own guidelines.
Officials from groups including FreedomWorks, Tea Party Patriots and the anti-abortion-rights group Susan B. Anthony List sent a letter to Attorney General William P. Barr on Friday urging the Justice Department to consider intervening to block state and local coronavirus restrictions that the officials said were unconstitutional infringements on civil liberties. Mr. Barr suggested on Tuesday he was concerned about the constitutional implications.
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