A group of supporters of Donald Trump gathered outside of the resident of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz in St. Paul on Friday (April 17), hours after Trump tweeted "LIBERATE MINNESOTA."<br /><br />Hundreds of tightly-packed protestors appear to callously demand the country be reopened, despite 690,279 confirmed cases in the United States, with 36,118 dead as of Friday afternoon.<br /><br />A dramatic jump of 4,591 in the daily U.S. death toll Thursday underscored the relentless nature of the pandemic.<br /><br />Health experts have gravely warned of the foolishness of reopening the economy at this time and how dramatically that could raise the infection and fatality rate.<br /><br />A protestor who spoke to Newsflare on social media said that "it's time to treat this like the smoking, drug overdose and driving deaths. Government overreach is a problem."<br /><br />Few people in the crowd were wearing masks or social distancing.
