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		</div><p>A growing wave of unrest over coroanvirus lockdown measures appears to be rising in the US, with a number of protests taking place this week in various states.</p>
<p>In places including Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia, actions of dissent have been organised outside governors’ mansions and state parliament buildings.</p>
<p>Small-government groups, supporters of President Donald Trump, anti-vaccine advocates, gun rights backers and supporters of right-wing causes have united behind a deep suspicion of efforts to shut down daily life to slow the spread of the Covid-19.</p>
<p>As their frustration with life under lockdown grows, they have started to openly defy the social distancing rules in an effort to put pressure on governors to ease them.</p>
<p>Some of the protests have been small events, promoted via Facebook groups that have appeared in recent days and whose organisers are sometimes difficult to identify.</p>
<p>Others are backed by groups funded by prominent Republicans donors, some with ties to Mr Trump.</p>
<p>The largest so far, a rally of thousands that jammed the streets of Lansing, Michigan, on Wednesday, looked much like one of the president’s rallies — complete with MAGA (Make America Great Again) hats or Trump flags.</p>
<p>The signs of frustration come as Mr Trump has pushed for easing stay-at-home orders and tried to look ahead to restarting the economy.</p>
<p>He unveiled a framework for governors to follow on Thursday, but acknowledged they will have the final say on when their state is ready.</p>
<p>Health experts have warned that lifting restrictions too quickly could result in a surge of new cases of the virus.</p>
<p>But the president and some of his supporters are impatient. Thousands of people in their cars packed the streets of Lansing to protest Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home order and other restrictions.</p>
<p>Outside the state capitol building, some chanted <em>“Lock her up,”</em> a throwback to Mr Trump’s calls during the 2016 election about his rival Hillary Clinton. One woman held a sign reading <em>“Heil Whitmer.”</em></p>
<p>Asked about the protesters, Mr Trump on Thursday expressed sympathy with their frustration, saying: <em>“They’re suffering … they want to get back.”</em></p>
<p>He also dismissed concerns about the health risks of ignoring state orders andpotentially exposing themselves to the virus.</p>
<p><em>“I think they’re listening. I think they listen to me,”</em> he said.</p>
<p><em>“They seem to be protesters that like me and respect this opinion, and my opinion’s the same as just about all of the governors. Nobody wants to stay shut.”</em></p>
<p>Polls show the protesters’ views are not widely held.</p>
<p>An AP-NORC survey earlier this month found large majorities of Americans supported a long list of government restrictions, including closing schools, limiting gatherings and shutting bars and restaurants.</p>
<p>Three-quarters of Americans backed requiring people to stay in their homes, and majorities of both Democrats and Republicans gave high marks for the state and city governments.</p>
<p>But the protests expose resilient partisan divisions, particularly in battleground Michigan. The protest there was organised by the Michigan Conservative Coalition, a group founded by a pro-Trump state representative and his wife.</p>
<p>Another group that promoted the event, the Michigan Freedom Fund, is run by Greg McNeilly, a longtime political adviser to the DeVos family, who are prolific Republican donors and have funded conservative causes across the state for decades.</p>
<p>But it is not just Democratic governors feeling the heat. A procession of cars swarmed around the Republican-dominated statehouse in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, with messages written on windows or signs that said <em>“stop killing our economy,”</em> <em>“we need our church”</em> and <em>“time 2 work”</em>.</p>
<p>Other gatherings have links to fringe groups. A protest on Thursday in the Texas capital of Austin, where protesters chanted <em>“Free Texas”</em> and <em>“Make America Free Again,”</em> was broadcast live by InfoWars TV, part of a company owned by conspiracy theorist and radio host Alex Jones.</p>
<p>The Ohio event earlier this week brought together a collection of anti-vaccine advocates, Second Amendment supporters, tea party activists and other anti-government activists.</p>
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