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TexasTowelie

(116,849 posts)
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 01:12 AM Apr 2020

MSNBC Asks Michigan's Whitmer: What's Up With Confederate Flags At Lansing Rally?

The mass protest in Lansing on Wednesday against Michigan's restrictive stay-home order caught the nation's attention.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, appearing on MSNBC long after protesters had dispersed, was asked by host Joy Reid: "Some of these people were flying, not just Trump MAGA flags, but also Confederate flags. ... What do you make of people flying Confederate flags on your streets to protest a stay-at-home order that's meant to save their lives?"

Whitmer had a strong answer, but dodged the obvious answer Reid was fishing for about the Confederate flag.

"It really wasn't about the stay-at-home order at all," Whitmer said. "It was essentially a political rally, a political statement that flies in the face of all of the science, all the best practices...It looks like a lot of people and it felt like a lot of people but in the bigger scheme of things, Michigan is a state of 10 million people, the vast majority of whom are doing the right thing. Our hospitals have stepped up, our nurses, our doctors, the average citizen whose staying home or is contributing in some way to help people on the front line. That's the story of what's really going on here.

Read more: https://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/24987/msnbc_asks_michigan_s_whitmer_what_s_up_with_confederate_flags_at_the_lansing_rally

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MSNBC Asks Michigan's Whitmer: What's Up With Confederate Flags At Lansing Rally? (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2020 OP
Just as Covid-19 doesn't know where a state border is, madaboutharry Apr 2020 #1
Lol SheltieLover Apr 2020 #3
I haven't. Jamastiene Apr 2020 #6
Sure seems like it! SheltieLover Apr 2020 #7
It's just another battle in the culture war... Salviati Apr 2020 #2
It was a politial rally where I suspect someone in the WH had their racist fingers in, still_one Apr 2020 #4
The Confederate States of America is not a place in time, but a state of mind. Marcuse Apr 2020 #5

madaboutharry

(41,362 posts)
1. Just as Covid-19 doesn't know where a state border is,
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 01:41 AM
Apr 2020

Neither does ignorance. There is stupid in every state, including Michigan where some just wanted to celebrate their southern heritage.

SheltieLover

(59,629 posts)
3. Lol
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 02:29 AM
Apr 2020

Thanks for the chuckle. It just occurred to me that I haven't seen news stories about similar protests in other countries. Has anyone?

Jamastiene

(38,197 posts)
6. I haven't.
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 07:29 AM
Apr 2020

I think type of stupidity might be a type that is uniquely American. The Republicans here haven't escaped our borders yet. So, that type of stupid is still pretty much contained here. We clearly drew the shortest straw.

still_one

(96,580 posts)
4. It was a politial rally where I suspect someone in the WH had their racist fingers in,
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 04:02 AM
Apr 2020

and as Governor Whitmer said it looked like a lot of people, but is misleading when looking at the total state

It is important not to be mislead by appearances as the Wisconsin Supreme Court election demonstrated by the Jill Karofsky victory, even in spite of the republicans closing polls, refusing to extend vote by mail, and creating a risky health situation for those voting.

The Karofsky victory was against a trump endorsed conservative incumbent, and it wasn't just a 1 or two point victory, but a 10% victory.

This demonstrates how important getting out the vote is




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