Women speak out as protests spark across the US: “We have to follow guidelines from health care professionals, not politicians.” via thelilynews
published Monday. A plurality, 47 percent, of Republicans opposed the protests, while among Trump voters, support was split.Live updates: Most Americans oppose protests against coronavirus restrictions, poll shows; oil prices drop below $0For Kristen Pietrafese, a 34-year-old who lives outside of Knoxville, the Tennessee protest, which she called “irresponsible,” was clearly infused with politics.
Her message to fellow Tennesseans is that they need to take covid-19 seriously. “We have to follow guidelines from health care professionals, not politicians,” Pietrafese says. Hopper, the cleaning business owner, wasn’t a fan of Trump back in 2016. But after her family’s economic situation improved while he was in office, she became one. And that was a big reason she showed up to the Nashville rally: She says she’s gone from making a couple thousand dollars a month to a couple hundred. Across the country, more than 22 million people are out of work, and the fallout from the pandemic has already sent the stock market into a volatile tailspin.
Politics weren’t a big reason why Vanessa Green, a 36-year-old living in Clarksville, Tenn., attended Sunday’s protest, she says. Instead, Green, who runs a guitar studio, wanted to oppose what she calls “government overreach.
I can’t believe my fellow Tennesseans would be this naive to protest about being quarantined when now we’re going to have to be quarantined all over again because y’all won’t stay at home.
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