US Lockdown Protests Fueled by Distrust of Government, Experts

“For decades, the right has been fueling a hostility to government that has bread real and deep distrust among Americans on the right to what government, not just what government does, but who the people in government are,” said Johann Neem, an author and a history professor at Western Washington University. “In that sense, there is that idea of ‘leave me alone’ that is being expressed from the right.”