![]() On Sunday, he repeated his opposition to the Idaho orders, writing on Facebook: “We all have a duty to defend what is right and to make sure, that what God has given, man does not take away. Rodriguez launched the website at an Easter service held in defiance of the governor’s orders on Easter Sunday, which was also addressed by Ammon Bundy, the leader of the militia occupation of the Malheur national wildlife refuge in 2016 that become a rallying point for the anti-government right in the US.īundy has been holding similar gatherings for weeks in Emmett, Idaho, where he now lives. ![]() That website was set up by the Idaho businessman, pastor and one-time Republican state senate candidate, Diego Rodriguez. The event is also being promoted on a website dedicated to attacking Little for his response to Covid-19. IFF have added their slogan for the event, “Disobey Idaho”, to stickers which they plan to distribute among the crowd. Photograph: Ryan M Kelly/AFP via Getty Images Protesters rally against stay-at-home orders related to the coronavirus pandemic outside Capitol Square in Richmond, Virginia. ![]() The protest has been heavily promoted by the Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF), which counts among its donors “dark money” funds linked to the Koch brothers such as Donors Capital Fund, and Castle Rock, a foundation seeded with part of the fortune of Adolph Coors, the rightwing beer magnate. In Idaho on Friday, protesters plan to gather at the capitol building in Boise to protest anti-virus restrictions put in place by the Republican governor, Brad Little. The pattern of rightwing not-for-profits promoting public protests while still more radical groups use lockdown resistance as a platform for extreme rightwing causes looks set to continue in events advertised in other states over coming days. In fact the man is Phil Robinson, the prime mover in a group called the Michigan Liberty Militia, whose Facebook page features pictures of firearms, warnings of civil war, celebrations of Norse paganism and memes ultimately sourced from white nationalist groups like Patriot Front. Near the state house, local radio interviewed a man who identified himself as “Phil Odinson”. Placards identified the Michigan Proud Boys as participants in the vehicle convoy.
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