In a report from Breitbart News, David Britt, a protest organizer, claimed that he had received threats and “horrible phone calls” from a local business owner after he asked if he could set up for the Reopen Virginia Rally.

In hopes of having a central place for the media, Britt said that someone had told him to reach out to a local coffee shop owner. He explained, “I called asking if I could set up shop outside their business. She doxed me. I’ve gotten all kinds of horrible calls and texts.”

Britt said that the business owner went on a screaming tirade. After the call, he also received similar threatening calls and messages from other residents, warning him to get out of Richmond. The organizer claimed that he thought that the hate messages came from the press release.

However, one of those who had threatened him referred to the coffee shop owner, who had already posted about him on social media. To make matters worse, even Britt’s own daughter said that she wanted nothing to do with him. Moreover, Breitbart News wrote that Britt believed the media had inflated people’s fears. “Everybody’s working out of fear, man. They’re terrified.”

Another Virginia resident, James Delong, lashed out against Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam. Delong described Northam’s leadership as tyrannical and that the governor should “get the hell out of the way” as he is incapable of leading the state. The protester continued to say that Northam had misled his own people into believing that he is working for their best interest, referring to the governor’s deception to how the serpent had deceived Eve.

“I don’t believe that at all. I believe he’s a tyrant,” Delong said. He also echoed President Donald Trump’s sentiments to liberate states, warning Americans that they should protect their fundamental rights. “Without liberty, we have nothing,” Delong concluded.

In another Breitbart interview, Jenee Welsh, a small business owner, called out the governor’s pro-choice movement. Welsh said that Northam should use his own terms, suggesting that he should “abort” the strict stay-at-home orders. “Our governor’s always preaching about pro-choice, pro-choice, yet all of us small business owners—we don’t have a choice right now,” Welsh said.

The protester who owned the local Something Else Boutique claimed that she had to shut down her shop for a month due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Welsh said that after the economic shutdown, she was struggling to make both ends meet as it was her only source of livelihood. She added that the small business loans did not cover operations such as hers “because we’re so small.”

The governor’s stay-at-home order was one of the longest economic shutdowns in the country and will remain effective until June 10. According to the Reopen Virginia group, which was headed by Britt, one of their main focus is on the massive economic implications of Northam’s order, which was in favor of “short term benefits.”

The group also argued that things such as the flu and drug abuse had collectively killed more people than the coronavirus, yet the state did not impose such strict guidelines.