Birx: Michigan protests were 'devastatingly worrisome'

Dr. Deborah Birx, a White House coronavirus task force official, said that the protests last week in the Michigan state legislature were "devastatingly worrisome to me personally."

In an interview on "Fox News Sunday," Birx expressed her concern about protestors bringing the virus to elderly family members and if there was an "unfortunate outcome" those people would feel guilty for the rest of their lives.

Birx's comments come after protesters at the Michigan Capitol on Thursday jammed inside the building where the lawmakers were meeting, demanding an end to the state's state of emergency.

Some carried signs about the governor's stay-at-home order, which Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued in March after a state of emergency was declared. Other demonstrators waved flags.

The state of emergency was to expire at the end of Thursday. On Friday, Whitmer signed executive orders that terminated the old state of emergency and put in place a new one through May 28. Whitmer had previously extended the separate stay-at-home order through May 15.

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