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Why Trump is encouraging the coronavirus lockdown protests
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April 21, 2020
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5:43Now PlayingAcross the country, people have been protesting the stay-at-home orders due to coronavirus. And who seems to be encouraging this? President Trump via Twitter. Chris Cillizza explains how we went from social distancing to thousand-people protests.
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