抗疫or抗议？美国多州爆发大规模抗议活动，高呼“炒掉福奇”
这个周末，美国有点不太平。
当地时间18日，数百名抗议者聚集在位于奥斯汀的得克萨斯州议会大厦前，反对州政府发布的“居家令”，拒绝遵守“社交距离”规定，并要求开除被称为“抗疫队长”的安东尼·福奇。
从现场图来看，抗议者比肩接踵、大规模聚集，很多人甚至没有戴口罩。
福奇，就是近期多次出现在白宫记者会上的那位美国顶级医学专家，因在疫苗开放时间、保持社交距离等诸多问题上多次公开纠正特朗普的错误，成为当下美国炙手可热的“网红”。
“今日俄罗斯”网站指出，在许多美国右翼看来，福奇比特朗普更倾向于延长“封城”与“保持社交距离”等措施。
得州这场抗议活动正是由美国右翼网站InfoWars主持人欧文·施罗耶组织的，该网站的创建者亚历克斯·琼斯曾因传播阴谋论而被起诉。他们当天也参与了游行。
施罗耶将福奇称为“法西斯分子”，并带领现场人群高喊“炒掉福奇”。
In Texas, several hundred people rallied at the state capitol on Saturday to call for an end to the state's coronavirus stay-at-home orders. Many protesters sought an immediate lifting of restrictions and chanted "Fire Fauci!"- referencing Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top expert on infectious diseases.
RT reported that Fauci has been seen by many on the right as being more in favor of extending lockdown and social distancing measures than President Donald Trump in battling the spread of COVID-19.
The rally was organized by Owen Shroyer, a host of InfoWars, a media company owned by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who joined protesters on the capitol steps. Jones is being sued in Austin over using his show to promote falsehoods that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre in Connecticut was a hoax.
美国的新冠肺炎疫情仍在蔓延，据约翰斯·霍普金斯大学发布的实时数据，截至北京时间19日19时，美国确诊病例已超过73.5万例，死亡病例已超过3.9万例。
而在过去几天里，这样的抗议活动竟在美国多州上演。抗议民众大多来自小政府团体，其中也不乏特朗普的支持者。
在印第安纳州，抗议者聚集在州政府门口，挥舞着美国国旗和标志，要求州长解除“居家令”。
在马里兰州，抗议者坐在车里鸣笛，把州议会大厦围得水泄不通。
一些人坐在车窗外，挥舞着美国国旗。
在新罕布什尔州，尽管刚刚下过雨，仍有400多人聚集在州首府康科德市举行抗议活动。
有些人甚至全副武装↓
在美国多地，抗议者们挥舞着美国国旗及各种标语↓
而这样的抗议活动，未来几周内还要在更多州持续进行。
Total coronavirus cases in the U.S. exceeded 735,000 as of 19:00 BJT Sunday with more than 39,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. Protests against stay-at-home orders were organized by small-government groups and Trump supporters in state capitals in Maryland, New Hampshire and Indiana, with more planned for next week in other states.
Protesters arrived with signs, American flags and wrote anti-lockdown messages on car windows, according to NBC. In Annapolis, the capitol of Maryland, streets were full of cars, with many of them honking their horns.
特朗普16日宣布了分阶段“重启”美国经济的政策，将何时取消“居家令”等限制措施的决定授予各州州长。但无论是民主党籍还是共和党籍的州长，都认为取消限制应该谨慎考虑。
而在多地接二连三爆发抗议活动后，特朗普17日连发三条推文以示支持多地反对实施“居家令”的抗议活动。
他写道：“解放密歇根州”、“解放明尼苏达州”、“解放弗吉尼亚州，拯救你们伟大的宪法第二修正案（即公民有持枪权），它正在被封锁。”
华盛顿州州长英斯利严厉谴责了特朗普，指责他“煽动国内叛乱”，将数百万美国人置于感染新冠肺炎的风险中。
密歇根州州长怀特莫认为，这次抗议活动跟“居家令”无关，本质上是一场政治集会。“正是这种行为，才使得我们需要延长居家令的时间。”
英国《卫报》认为，抗议活动是特朗普的言论助推的。
在18日举行的白宫记者会上，特朗普对一些下令实施“居家令”的州长评价称：“我只是觉得现在的州长有些忘乎所以了。”美国《国会山报》称，特朗普这是继续在对反对“居家令”的抗议活动进行辩护。
On Thursday, President Donald Trump outlined a three-step set of guidelines for easing restrictions over a span of several weeks in places that have robust testing and are seeing a decrease in COVID-19 cases, assuring the nation's governors: "You're going to call your own shots."
But governors of both parties suggested Friday that they would be cautious in returning to normal, with some warning that they can't do it without help from Washington to expand testing.
He urged supporters to "LIBERATE" three states led by Democratic governors Friday, boosting protests against stay-at-home restrictions aimed at stopping the coronavirus, the Guardian reported.
Washington Governor Jay Inslee, a Democrat, said Trump's tweets about "liberating" states put millions of Americans at risk of contracting COVID-19.
"The president is fomenting domestic rebellion and spreading lies even while his own administration says the virus is real and is deadly," Inslee said.
根据皮尤研究中心最近对美国近5000人展开的调查显示，近三分之二的美国人其实是担心州政府过快解除“居家令”的。
许多网友在社交媒体上感慨，称这些抗议活动令人“难以置信”。
我发现这些人看起来也挺担忧和焦虑的，但这太难以置信了！炒掉福奇？这些人是谁？#该炒掉的是特朗普不是福奇
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