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Hundreds of ‘Curfew Breakers’ Gather in Huntington Beach to Defy State Lockdown
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new overnight curfew for his state that was set to begin Saturday night to mitigate a new spike in COVID-19 cases.
However, on Saturday night, hundreds of people, labeling themselves the “Curfew Breakers,” showed up to Huntington Beach to protest the latest restrictions.
An announcement about the protest appeared on social media earlier in the week.
“Huntington Beach Curfew Breakers!” the online flyer read. “If you are a free American and are more than non-essential, join us for a clear act of defiance against Newsom’s stay-at-home order. Come to Huntington Beach Pier, 10:01 p.m. Saturday Nov. 21.”
Huntington Beach police Lt. Ryan Reilly told NBC Los Angeles that police did not intend to issue citations for curfew violations.
“We are seeking compliance and trying to educate people,” Reilly said.
After Gov. Newson announced the new curfew, several California sheriffs said they had no plans to enforce the curfew, including Orange County’s sheriff, where Huntington Beach is located.
“We’ve got a lot of things to do, including taking guns away from gang members, stopping narcotic trafficking, and saving children from internet predators,” Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims said during a video briefing Thursday afternoon, according to Fresno’s FOX 26.
“We’re not gonna make criminals of normally law-abiding citizens.”
A similar rally was also held in San Clemente, where protesters were seen burning masks.
Gov. Newsom announced the curfew last week, which is set to last until Dec. 21, as a measure to combat the increasing number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. The limited stay-at-home order applies to 41 counties in California and includes 94% of the state’s residents.
“The virus is spreading at a pace we haven’t seen since the start of this pandemic, and the next several days and weeks will be critical to stop the surge,’’ Newsom said in a statement. “We are sounding the alarm.”
The governor has been facing backlash for violating his own orders.
Most recently, he was spotted dining maskless with a group at The French Laundry, an exclusive restaurant in California’s Wine Country.
The governor later described his dinner event as a “ bad mistake.”
Elections
Trump, Rep Biggs: invoking the Alien Enemies Act to enable widespread deportation will ‘be necessary’
At a recent rally in Iowa, former President Donald Trump promised that if elected again in 2024, he would invoke the Alien Enemies Act to enable widespread deportation of migrants who have illegally entered the United States. Since President Joe Biden took office in January of 2021, over 6 million people have illegally entered the country.
Republican Representative Andy Biggs from border state Arizona, which is among the states suffering the greatest consequences from the Biden administration policies, lamented that Trump’s suggestion will be “necessary.”
Speaking on the “Just the News, No Noise” television show, Biggs stated “[I]t’s actually gonna have to be necessary.” Biggs then added his thoughts on how many more people will continue to cross the border under Biden: “Because by the time Trump gets back in office, you will have had over 10 million, in my opinion, over 10 million illegal aliens cross our border and come into the country, under the Biden regime.”
“And so when you start deporting people, and removing them from this country, what that does is that disincentivizes the tens of thousands of people who are coming,” Biggs went on. “And by the way, everyday down in Darién Gap, which is in Panama… over 5,000 people a day. [I] talk[ed] to one of my sources from the gap today. And I will just tell you, those people that you’ve seen come come in to Eagle Pass, over 7,000 in a three day period, most of those two weeks ago, were down crossing into the Darién Gap.”
“And those people… make their way up and they end up in the Eagle Pass [Texas], Del Rio area,” he continued. “So if you want to disincentivize them, you remove them from the country, which is why they remain in Mexico policy was so doggone effective at slowing down illegal border crossings.”
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