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		</div><p>Hundreds of flag-waving protesters have driven past the Michigan Capitol to show their displeasure with Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s orders to keep people at home and businesses locked during the coronavirus outbreak.</p>
<p>As snow fell, others got out of their vehicles and raised signs, one of which read, <em>“Gov Whitmer We Are Not Prisoners”</em>. Another said, <em>“Michigander Against Gretchens Abuses”</em>.</p>
<p>Hours later, Gov Whitmer shot back, telling reporters that the rally put health at risk.</p>
<p>The <em>“Operation Gridlock”</em> protest was organised by the Michigan Conservative Coalition.<br />
<em>“This arbitrary blanket spread of shutting down businesses, about putting all of these workers out of business, is just a disaster. It’s an economic disaster for Michigan,”</em> coalition member Meshawn Maddock said. <em>“And people are sick and tired of it.”</em></p>
<p>Gov Whitmer, a Democrat, extended a stay-home order through April 30 and has shut down schools and businesses deemed non-essential.</p>
<p>The governor acknowledged the pain but said the restrictions were necessary to stop the spread of the coronavirus, which causes a respiratory illness that has killed more than 1,900 Michigan residents and overwhelmed hospitals in the Detroit area.</p>
<p>Gov Whitmer said she was <em>“really disappointed”</em> to see protesters close together without masks.</p>
<p><em>“I saw someone handing out candy to little kids barehanded,”</em> the governor told reporters.</p>
<p><em>“People are flying the Confederate flag, and untold numbers who gassed up on the way here or grabbed a bite on the way home. We know that this rally endangered people.</em></p>
<p><em>“This kind of activity will put more people at risk and, sadly, it could prolong the amount of time we have to be in this posture.”</em></p>
<p>During the rally, Republican House Speaker Lee Chatfield, who has urged Gov Whitmer to amend her orders, waved an American flag from a window at his Capitol office.</p>
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