Tea Party Patriots Action Honorary Chairman Jenny Beth Martin – responding to lockdown protests in Michigan, Kentucky, Virginia, and other states – released the following statement today:

“Even in a public health emergency, there are defined limits on government power, and it’s unacceptable that governors and local elected officials are abusing that power.  Spirited protests in Michigan, Kentucky, Virginia, and other states show that Americans value their liberties and will defend them. Politicians in every state should read this message loud and clear: We are still a people that values freedom above a false sense of government-imposed security. We will resist abuses.  And we will not treat this as a ‘new normal’ once the pandemic is over.”