The list of government officials flouting or ignoring their own coronavirus restrictions to support or join protest marches has added another name in North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper.
Cooper has changed his tune on mass gatherings since the George Floyd protests started. In April, Cooper said about church gatherings, “When people gather together and are around each other for a long time, the evidence is overwhelming that the virus can spread so much more easily.” Cooper had capped church attendance to 10 people before it was struck down by the courts. Yet, Cooper joined the thousands who marched in Raleigh last week.
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