Earlier this month, organizers of "Operation Gridlock" staged a protest at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home coronavirus executive order, which they argued was excessive. They promised there would be no further protests and disowned those who got out of their cars and disobeyed rules about social distancing and large gatherings. Well, so much for that. On Thursday, protesters were back at the capitol, storming the building with guns, and demanding... eh, let's just see what Twitter has to say about all this.
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