The recent COVID-19 spike in many states around the nation, including Arizona California, Florida, and New York, is likely due to Black Lives Matter protests.

Thousands upon thousands of politically ignorant lefties decided to stand shoulder-to-shoulder and blame every single police officer living today for the death of George Floyd.

And now, Americans are paying the price — again.

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According to people like Bill de Blasio, the protests were called for. Religious gatherings, however, not so much.

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"The protests were an entirely different reality, a national phenomenon, that not something the government could just say 'go away'… [they] obviously had profound meaning…"@BilldeBlasio defends banning religious gatherings but not Black Lives Matter protests pic.twitter.com/MqDtVBsLCn

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) July 1, 2020

Imagine if Bill’s tweets below targeted Muslims.

He’d probably be forced to step down.

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Something absolutely unacceptable happened in Williamsburg tonite: a large funeral gathering in the middle of this pandemic. When I heard, I went there myself to ensure the crowd was dispersed. And what I saw WILL NOT be tolerated so long as we are fighting the Coronavirus

— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) April 29, 2020

My message to the Jewish community, and all communities, is this simple: the time for warnings has passed. I have instructed the NYPD to proceed immediately to summons or even arrest those who gather in large groups. This is about stopping this disease and saving lives. Period.

— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) April 29, 2020

We have lost so many these last two months + I understand the instinct to gather to mourn. But large gatherings will only lead to more deaths + more families in mourning. We will not allow this. I have instructed the NYPD to have one standard for this whole city: zero tolerance.

— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) April 29, 2020

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I can't imagine de Blasio saying this about any other community. It's pretty amazing. And for the record, MANY of the leaders of the Jewish community have taken strong stands on social distancing. https://t.co/aqlL7Yr8Xs

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 29, 2020

Hey @NYCMayor, there are 1mil+ Jewish people in #NYC. The few who don’t social distance should be called out — but generalizing against the whole population is outrageous especially when so many are scapegoating Jews. This erodes the very unity our city needs now more than ever. https://t.co/jcYO9QQred

— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) April 29, 2020

I mean, I didn’t think the “threatening to arrest the Jews” phase of this crisis would happen so fast, but I guess I should’ve factored in the de Blasio factor.

Has any local leader failed as his/her community as drastically as @NYCMayor? https://t.co/mvlG1DrGjz

— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) April 29, 2020

This is unacceptable and reminds me of some very dark times in world history. Disgusting. @NYCMayor clear bias and targeting of the Jewish people of New York is reprehensible. #DeBlasioMustGO #VA10 #WeMatter 🇺🇸 https://t.co/tA5re7lmYO

— Aliscia Andrews (R) Congressional Nominee VA10 (@alisciaandrews) April 29, 2020

Imagine @NYCMayor saying the following:
My message to the Sikh community
My message to the Muslim community
My message to the Hispanic community
My message to the Black community
My message the gay community
The time for warnings has passed. I have instructed the NYPD… https://t.co/K0L9iCBV4f

— Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) April 29, 2020

From April, via Daily Wire:

New York City Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio threatened late last week to permanently close places of worship if they broke social distancing efforts aimed at reducing the outbreak of COVID-19 in the hardest hit city in America.

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https://twitter.com/matthewschmitz/status/1244339404753289216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1244339404753289216&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fbill-de-blasio-threatens-to-permanently-close-nyc-churches-if-they-dont-comply-with-social-distancing