We should have had one of these in Moscow.
About 150 people gathered outside the Idaho Capitol on Saturday to stage one of many “Burn the Mask” rallies.
Reporter Sergio Olmos shared photos and videos from the demonstration held in Boise, which is one of the Idaho cities that currently requires mask-wearing in public. Attendees were seen at the steps of the Statehouse throwing disposable surgical masks into flaming metal barrels. Some of the rally-goers were accompanied by their children, who were encouraged to participate in the mask-burning—that is, until local authorities intervened and demanded the fires be extinguished.
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Parents encouraging kids to burn masks on Idaho Capitol steps pic.twitter.com/VOYfOYqwwt
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Idaho state troopers and Boise police tell organizers to put out the fire.Protestors tell police to go away pic.twitter.com/06nwOeuecY
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Protestors are burning masks on the steps of the Idaho Capitol pic.twitter.com/LaanOEfdvv
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Organizer leads the crowd in pledge of allegiance at “burn the mask” protest on Capitol steps of Idaho pic.twitter.com/F7N7M0oqaQ