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Critics were reeling after right-wing White House adviser and economist Stephen Moore compared gun-toting white guys protesting COVID-19 safety measures to Rosa Parks and her historic battle for racial equality.
The comments were particularly galling because Moore once commented that when President Donald Trump took office, he was evicting the Obamas from public housing — a dig that was widely considered racist.
Moore said Friday that those protesting COVID-19 social distancing measures — many of whom were also brandishing Confederate flags, Trump 2020 signs, and carrying assault rifles — were just like Parks, whose refusal to give her bus seat to a white passenger was a seminal moment in the Civil Rights Movement.
"I call these people modern-day Rosa Parks," Moore told The Washington Post in one instance. "They are protesting against injustice and a loss of liberties."
On Thursday, Trump announced a three-phase strategy to reopen parts of the country. The next day, he took to Twitter to urge leaders to "LIBERATE" Michigan, Minnesota, and Virginia from stay-at-home orders put in place by Democratic governors.
Some opposed to COVID-19 safety measures have also compared their struggle with stay-at-home restrictions to the plight of Anne Frank, who hid in her home for two years until she was captured by the Nazis.
Source: Huffington Post
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