Open the States is a website associated with
Convention of States Project, also known as Convention of States Action,
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is a part of the COVID-19 pandemic, worldwide pandemic of COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In the Uni ...
.[ According to '' Politico'', "The Convention of States' efforts are among several national conservative groups, such as FreedomWorks, that have helped organize anti-lockdown protests across the country."][ Center for Media and Democracy said Citizens for Self-Governance "does business as the Convention of States Foundation (COSF)";][ Boston University's ''BU Today'' stated "Convention of States created a sock puppet organization called Open the States to hide their role in the campaign".]
See also
* Democratic backsliding in the United States
Democratic backsliding has been ongoing in the United States since the late 2010s. The V-Dem Institute's electoral democracy index score for the United States peaked in 2015 and declined sharply after 2016, for which year it was also downgraded ...
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External links
Open the States official website
(archived)
American conservative websites
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
Protests over responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
Right-wing populism in the United States
Websites about the COVID-19 pandemic
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