Protesters in Texas have ignored social distancing and opposed lockdown amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Demonstrators in Texas have violated social-distancing orders to call for the reopening of the state and country denouncing the lockdown.

Demonstrators in Texas have violated social-distancing orders to call for the reopening of the state and country denouncing the lockdown.Protest rallies were held in state capitals in Maryland, Texas and Ohio for the reopening of the state and country. In Texas, where the anti-shutdown protest was organized by conspiracy theorists, a large group of people stood shoulder-to-shoulder at the Texas Capitol on 18 April 2020, shouting 'Fire Fauci!' at events organised by the conspiracy theory site InfoWars. A few of the Texas protesters were wearing masks.

The video coverage by the New York Times on 18 April 2020, shows that hundreds of protesters staged a demonstration at the State Capital in Austin, Texas on 18 April, by ignoring the social distancing and condemning the lockdown orders.

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