Michigan Governor Says Lockdown Protests Likely to Lengthen Stay-at-Home Order

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer stands on stage at an event where General Motors announced that GMs Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant will build the all-electric Cruise Origin self-driving shuttle on Jan. 27, 2020 in Hamtramck, Mich. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) on Wednesday said that the continuing protests in the state against stay-at-home orders issued to curb the spread of COVID-19 are making it more likely that the state will have to lengthen the restriction measures.

During an appearance on ABC’s “The View,” Whitmer said that the armed anti-lockdown protests at the state’s Capitol have “been really political rallies where people come with Confederate flags and Nazi symbolism and calling for violence.”