Pete Hegseth promotes a “reopen movement” website: “The authorities can't shut everybody down if we the people say we're open”
The website is backed by Convention of States, a right-wing group for which Hegseth has previously given several speeches
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From the May 22, 2020, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends
PETE HEGSETH (FOX & FRIENDS WEEKEND CO-HOST): The reality is that people know that we have to reopen, they need the income, and they want to be responsible. And so they -- and we know that's not a false choice to do one or the other.
There is a reopen movement. OpenTheStates.com, for this today to just say "Hey, guys, everybody go out and move together" -- because if everyone opens at the same time. The authorities can't shut everybody down if we the people say we're open. Again, that's not to disrespect the people this has affected, but to recognize, as the president has said, the cure cannot be worse than the virus.