"480 Minutes" - Thugs "Я" U.S.
Dangerous, delusional, armed, angry men stormed the Michigan State House yesterday to demand an end to Governor Whitmer's stay at home order. Many of the protesters weren't wearing protective masks, there was little to no social distancing between them or between them and the (responsibly mask-wearing) guards keeping them from entering the chamber where the state legislature was meeting.
Allowing armed thugs to invade government buildings and physically intimidate lawmakers is a threat to democracy. How can representative government function when looking down the barrel of a gun?
57% of Michiganders support Whitmer's coronavirus response, 37% do not. In the end the minority got its wish -- lawmakers not only voted down the governor's attempt to extend the state of emergency, they voted to sue her. Apparently Michigan is gerrymandered enough that 37% of the population can get it's way over a solid majority with no political price to pay.
Over in Washington the current administration is a haven for white supremacist agents of chaos and has been encouraging this very un-American behavior.
Meanwhile, even if U.S. law enforcement was not riddled with white supremacists, what could we expect those officers protecting elected officials to do? It is only a matter of time before one of these attempts to intimidate lawmakers gets ugly, perhaps intentionally by someone looking to be the "hero" by firing the first shot in the fever swamp dream of "the next civil war." Perhaps unintentionally by some particularly skittish incel with bunch of ammo who forgets that his safety is off...either way talking heads and politicians alike will say, "who could have seen that coming?!"). What happens then? That question is not rhetorical.
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