Trump tweets support for Michigan protesters, some of whom were armed
CNNCNN — President Donald Trump sided with protesters – some of whom were armed – in Michigan on Friday, for their effort to reopen parts of the state after Democratic Gov. Last month, he encouraged similar protests in states led by Democrats by calling for them to “LIBERATE.” “The Governor of Michigan should give a little, and put out the fire,” Trump wrote on Friday. In some cases, Trump’s encouragement has contradicted the guidelines his own administration offered on reopening states, including a recommendation that the first phase only come after a 14-day “downward trajectory” of confirmed cases. While he once proclaimed “absolute power” to reopen parts of the country, Trump later conceded that decisions about how and when to return to a more normal state would fall to individual governors, who enacted stay-at-home orders in the first place. Some protesters in Lansing on Thursday waved Trump flags or signs, and one woman sported a “Liberate Michigan” mask – echoing Trump’s tweets from last month.
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