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- ABC News
- April 19, 2020
Residents protest stay-at-home orders in 5 states
Protests occurred in Colorado, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee and Washington.
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In Florida, which has 25,300 confirmed cases, the South Florida Tri-County Car Caravan called on the state to lift restrictions on businesses and to open public spaces.
The U.S. has more COVID-19 cases and deaths than any other country in the world, with at least 742,000 and 39,000, respectively.
Most states in the U.S. have adopted some form of a lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus. In the last four weeks, as scores of businesses have closed, 22 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits.
Last week, other stay-at-home protests took place in California, Michigan, Kentucky, Minnesota, Virginia, Utah, North Carolina and Ohio.
President Donald Trump has called to \"liberate\" states, including Michigan, Minnesota and Virginia. In a Saturday briefing, he said that some governors are “being unreasonable” in their stay-at-home orders.
On ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, Washington Gov. Inslee said the president’s message is encouraging illegal activity.
\"To have an American president encourage people violate the law, I can't remember any time in my time in America we have seen such a thing,\" he told ABC Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos. \"It's dangerous, because it could inspire people to ignore things that could save their lives.\"
This report was featured in the Monday, April 20, 2020, episode of “Start Here,” ABC News’ daily news podcast.
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