section_path: Comparisons/Political violence/Storming of Michigan state capitol
section_name: Storming of Michigan state capitol
paragraph_text: Storming of Michigan state capitol
  
  On April 30, 2020, less than a year prior to the January 6 attack and two weeks after Trump published social media posts urging his supporters to "liberate" the state of Michigan from COVID-19 policies, hundreds of Trump supporters, including militia members, gathered around the Michigan state capitol to prevent a public health measure from coming into effect. About 100 protesters entered the capitol, where they displayed nooses and carried confederate flags, as well as signs that read "Tyrants Get the Rope". During the incident, Trump endorsed the protesters and urged governor Gretchen Whitmer to negotiate with them, tweeting that, "These are very good people, but they are angry. They want their lives back again, safely! See them, talk to them, make a deal with the protesters." The protesters successfully convinced Republican state senators to kill the measure.
  
  American Journal of Public Health editor Alfredo Morabia cited the Michigan attacks, the plot to kidnap Whitmer and other incidents of disruption by armed political groups as build ups to the January 6 attacks.