It was organized via a Facebook group called "Operation Gridlock", which was created by the Michigan Conservative Coalition. One of the first protests to take place was in Michigan on April 15, 2020. Due to the widespread notoriety and media coverage of the May 1 planned protest many other groups started smaller protests prior to the date. On April 30, 2020, at 11pm CST all 53 groups were deleted simultaneously from Facebook for violating terms and conditions. This page and the many groups were led by Naperville, IL native Josh Ellis. The group then setup 53 Facebook groups named "AR2" to run protests at the capitol of every state (plus Los Angeles and Chicago). The page quickly grew to 100,000+ users in less than a week and then was removed from Facebook for violations of terms of service. The Anti-lockdown protests were first spawned with a nationwide call in mid-March by an online Facebook page by the name of "American Revolution 2.0" and a meme that went viral. īy May 1, 2020, there had been demonstrations in more than half of the states many governors began to take steps to lift the restrictions as daily new infections began decreasing due to social distancing measures.
They ranged in size from a few hundred people to a few thousand, and spread on social media with encouragement from former U.S.
The protests made international news and were widely condemned as unsafe and ill-advised, although some political figures expressed support for the protests. The protests, mostly organized by conservative groups and individuals, decried the economic and social impact of stay-at-home orders, business closures, and restricted personal movement and association, and demanded that their respective states be "re-opened" for normal business and personal activity. states against government-imposed lockdowns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Beginning in early April 2020, there were protests in several U.S.
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