Million Unmasked March Takes Place In Illinois But Only 250 People Turn Up

[Nevilledog]

https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/million-unmasked-march-takes-place-but-only-250-people-turn-up/

Organisers of the Million Unmasked March in Illinois say they didn’t get the turnout they wanted, after only 250 people showed up.

Following the state seeing a spike in new coronavirus cases, the Illinois State Board of Education is looking to make masks compulsory for students to wear when returning to school this autumn – something the Million Unmasked March was campaigning against.

The demonstration came just a day after the Governor of Illinois J.B. Pritzker put four of the state’s counties on ‘warning level’ status due to dangerously increased numbers of COVID cases, reported Chicago Sun Times.

Earlier this week, Pritzker said, ‘The enemy is not the mask. If you’re not wearing a mask in public, you’re endangering everyone around you, so the enemy is you.'

*snip*

[Beringia]

1. Ha, ha, ha

Only 250

[PatSeg]

8. Actually

that is more than I would have expected.

I wonder how many of those end up testing positive.

[trueblue2007]

12. I PITY Trump w/ his "base" of Dumb People.

I PITY Trump w/ his "base" of Dumb People. I bet the 250 people coming to this "big-time" march had less than 90 IQ.
Rump's losing voters in RED states, they are dying very quickly.

[PatSeg]

17. His gross incompetence and stubborn

ignorance is killing off his own base. Just like everything else he's done in his life, he really sucks at this. If there is a truly bad way to do something, that's what he'll do.

[sop]

2. 999,750 people couldn't make it.

[central scrutinizer]

5. K-Pop crew strikes again

[SunSeeker]

3. Covidiots.

[oasis]

4. Because of their reckless behavior, many caught the virus and were

unable to take part in the march.

[CaptYossarian]

6. Good to see that they're just as smart in downstate Illinois.

Springfield never gets the same national attention as Chicago.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

7. Hahahaha!

Glad to know there aren't as many of them as they thought there were.

[keithbvadu2]

9. They can march here.

[trueblue2007]

10. HOW COME THE GOV IS INTELLIGENT but these marchers are sooooooooooooooooooooo stupid?

[ancianita]

15. They don't call that region Illiana for nothin'.

[MustLoveBeagles]

27. I'm from Illinois and have never heard of that term

You learn something new everyday. I'm glad that there weren't a million of these dumb asses protesting in my city. 250 is bad enough.

[ProfessorGAC]

29. That's Not What I Know As Illiana

Illiana, to us, is Chicago, the collar counties, and the 4 NW counties of Indiana.
Sort of a two state metro reason.
I've never heard of the central region at the state line called that.

[ancianita]

31. Shows how fluid words are, I guess. We in Chi call Illiana the whole region along the IL/IN border.

I'm no authority, just saying what I've heard from two people born in Chicago. I've only lived there since 1973.

[CousinIT]

11. The STUPID in this country is at an all-time high.

Being encouraged from the top by their idiot fascist leader Trump.

[JDC]

13. 250 stupid assholes

[ProfessorGAC]

30. A Reminder

We have 12.5 million people in Illinois.
And these "organizers" could only get 250 drones.
This "smaller than expected" turnout is one fiftieth of one percent of the population!
Talk about overestimating their own importance!

[Smackdown2019]

14. Must be the Trump Campaign Organziers

Trump Organizers failed the Orange Clown again, they tried to drum up anti-mask protest and found what they found in Oklahoma and NH, they will claim it was the antifa. Dont worry, I am sure we could drum up a 250 95 year old ANTIFA WW2 vets that fought in Italy against the real Fascist!

[Blue_true]

16. Good. They had 100 portapotties for each marcher. Good thing, because those idiots are full of

shit.

[Cha]

18. OMG.. They've Really Gone Ape-Shit Crazy! So why

did so many chicken out?

[live love laugh]

19. Proving once again Republicans and their bullshit is NOT the majority

Nowhere near it.

[crickets]

25. +1

[gratuitous]

28. And this is the actual point, hiding in plain sight

These naught-heads do not represent a significant percentage of the population, and certainly nothing like a majority. They don't need to be covered in their suicidal ignorance. Their lethally uninformed opinion doesn't deserve even the time of "We're just asking questions."

The media, the people, and the country would be best served by not according these idiots any air time or attention.

[calimary]

20. I LOVE that quote! "...so the enemy is you."

[yuiyoshida]

21. its pretty hard to find ONE MILLION Morons.....

people are understanding this disease now... most people anyway.

[Permanut]

22. Only missed it by 99.6%..

That's pretty good, right?

[MyMission]

23. Note: counter protesters were included in the 250

So we really don't know how many were there unmasked, except it was less than 250.

I read that in several reports of this protest. Here's an excerpt and the link.

The “Million Unmasked March,” which took its name from the social-justice march a quarter-century ago, drew about 250 people, including a stalwart group of counter-demonstrators who periodically let loose their own shouted protests from across the street.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/chicago.suntimes.com/platform/amp/coronavirus/2020/7/25/21338721/anti-mask-march-springfield-schools

[Hortensis]

24. That less-than-250 is also less than 4% of the group's 8000 members.

I'm going to congratulate those in the sponsoring FB group who didn't drive or fly in from wherever-the-hell to participate. Good decision.

[MustLoveBeagles]

26. This would be funny if the circumstances weren't so serious