White House adviser Stephen Moore has repeatedly compared those protesting coronavirus lockdowns to Rosa Parks

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• White House adviser Stephen Moore has repeatedly compared protesters who demonstrated against social-distancing measures to civil-rights icon Rosa Parks. 
• The protesters have turned out in scores across the US to demonstrate against closed public spaces and stay-at-home orders. 
• Moore told multiple outlets that he likens those frustrated with the temporary restrictions to Parks, who was arrested in Alabama in 1955 for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger and went on to become an iconic figure in the civil rights movement. 
• The Trump administration has issued mixed messages about plans to reopen the country in cooperation with some state leaders, but many of his allies have railed against the temporary measures aimed at curbing the spread of the virus. 
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White House adviser Stephen Moore repeatedly compared protesters who demonstrated against social-distancing measures aimed at containing the novel coronavirus pandemic to the civil-rights icon Rosa Parks. 

Moore, a right-wing economic commentator and Trump ally, made the bizarre comment in multiple media appearances last week, including with CBS News and The New York Times. See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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