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The Wisconsin GOP's treasurer asked people attending an anti-lockdown rally to 'please leave Confederate flags' and guns at home to 'try to control the optics'

A Wisconsin GOP official begged people organizing and attending an anti-lockdown rally in Madison this week not to bring Confederate flags and firearms to the event.

The vast majority of US states have some form of a stay-at-home order in effect to try to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak.The Wisconsin Republican Party's treasurer asked people organizing and attending a rally in Madison this week not to bring Confederate flags and firearms to the event.

Westrate acknowledged writing the post in an interview with The Times and added that it might be pointless to ask rallygoers to limit what they bring to the event. Many Republicans and those who support President Donald Trump have decried Evers' order and other similar mandates from governors across the US as an attack on civil liberties.The Times reported that "thousands" of people have indicated that they will attend the Madison rally, potentially making it the largest anti-lockdown protest so far.

As of Thursday, more than 840,000 people have been infected in the US and over 46,000 have died. Business are shuttered, hospitals are overwhelmed, andTrump has put out contradictory statements on how the country should move forward as it grapples with the coronavirus pandemic.

 

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