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A protester displays a sign on the car window during the Let's Get Oklahoma Open For Business rally at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Participants drove their cars around the Capitol to protest the hardship Oklahoma citizens are being placed in due to businesses being forced to close during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
A protester displays a sign on the car window during the Let's Get Oklahoma Open For Business rally at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Participants drove their cars around the Capitol to protest the hardship Oklahoma citizens are being placed in due to businesses being forced to close during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
A protester drives his car during the Let's Get Oklahoma Open For Business rally at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Participants drove their cars around the Capitol to protest the hardship Oklahoma citizens are being placed in due to businesses being forced to close during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
A protester drives his car during the Let's Get Oklahoma Open For Business rally at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Participants drove their cars around the Capitol to protest the hardship Oklahoma citizens are being placed in due to businesses being forced to close during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
A protester displays a sign out of the car window during the Let's Get Oklahoma Open For Business rally at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Participants drove their cars around the Capitol to protest the hardship Oklahoma citizens are being placed in due to businesses being forced to close during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
A protester displays a sign out of the car window during the Let's Get Oklahoma Open For Business rally at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Participants drove their cars around the Capitol to protest the hardship Oklahoma citizens are being placed in due to businesses being forced to close during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
Erika Price drives her car during the Let's Get Oklahoma Open For Business rally at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Participants drove their cars around the Capitol to protest the hardship Oklahoma citizens are being placed in due to businesses being forced to close during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
Erika Price drives her car during the Let's Get Oklahoma Open For Business rally at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Participants drove their cars around the Capitol to protest the hardship Oklahoma citizens are being placed in due to businesses being forced to close during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
Tammira Lawrence, with the Oklahoma Inmate Families, holds her sign to protest the treatment of prison inmates during the Let's Get Oklahoma Open For Business rally at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Participants gathered to protest the hardship Oklahoma citizens are being placed in due to businesses being forced to close during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
Tammira Lawrence, with the Oklahoma Inmate Families, holds her sign to protest the treatment of prison inmates during the Let's Get Oklahoma Open For Business rally at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Participants gathered to protest the hardship Oklahoma citizens are being placed in due to businesses being forced to close during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
Bryan Hall carries his sign as he walks along drivers during the Let's Get Oklahoma Open For Business rally at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Participants gathered to protest the hardship Oklahoma citizens are being placed in due to businesses being forced to close during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
Bryan Hall carries his sign as he walks along drivers during the Let's Get Oklahoma Open For Business rally at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Participants gathered to protest the hardship Oklahoma citizens are being placed in due to businesses being forced to close during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
Cars line the north and south bound lanes of Lincoln Blvd. during the Let's Get Oklahoma Open For Business rally at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Participants drove their cars around the Capitol to protest the hardship Oklahoma citizens are being placed in due to businesses being forced to close during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
Cars line the north and south bound lanes of Lincoln Blvd. during the Let's Get Oklahoma Open For Business rally at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Participants drove their cars around the Capitol to protest the hardship Oklahoma citizens are being placed in due to businesses being forced to close during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
A protester displays a sign in the car window during the Let's Get Oklahoma Open For Business rally at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Participants drove their cars around the Capitol to protest the hardship Oklahoma citizens are being placed in due to businesses being forced to close during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
A protester displays a sign in the car window during the Let's Get Oklahoma Open For Business rally at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Participants drove their cars around the Capitol to protest the hardship Oklahoma citizens are being placed in due to businesses being forced to close during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
A protester displays a sign out of the car window during the Let's Get Oklahoma Open For Business rally at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Participants drove their cars around the Capitol to protest the hardship Oklahoma citizens are being placed in due to businesses being forced to close during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
A protester displays a sign out of the car window during the Let's Get Oklahoma Open For Business rally at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Participants drove their cars around the Capitol to protest the hardship Oklahoma citizens are being placed in due to businesses being forced to close during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
Gov. Kevin Stitt addresses the the media during a briefing for the Governor's Solution Task Force to provide an update on Oklahoma's COVID-19 response in the Blue Room of the Capitol Wednesday, April 15, 2020. [Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman]
Gov. Kevin Stitt addresses the the media during a briefing for the Governor's Solution Task Force to provide an update on Oklahoma's COVID-19 response in the Blue Room of the Capitol Wednesday, April 15, 2020. [Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman]
A protester displays a sign in the back of a pickup during a rally Wednesday at the Capitol. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
A protester displays a sign in the back of a pickup during a rally Wednesday at the Capitol. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
Lacie Morgan, left, and her children, fifth-grader Paizley Morgan, 11, sixth-grader Sheckler Morgan, 12, and fourth-grader Journey Morgan hold signs as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Lacie Morgan, left, and her children, fifth-grader Paizley Morgan, 11, sixth-grader Sheckler Morgan, 12, and fourth-grader Journey Morgan hold signs as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Oakridge Elementary students first -grader Isaac Madden 6, left, fifth-grader Emma Madden, 11, third-grader Evan Madden, 8, along with their three-year-old brother Hudson Madden hold signs as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Oakridge Elementary students first -grader Isaac Madden 6, left, fifth-grader Emma Madden, 11, third-grader Evan Madden, 8, along with their three-year-old brother Hudson Madden hold signs as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Vehicle line up at Oakridge Elementary before starting a faculty caravan through neighborhoods around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Vehicle line up at Oakridge Elementary before starting a faculty caravan through neighborhoods around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Cars are decorated as they wait to start an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan in neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Cars are decorated as they wait to start an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan in neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Families wave as an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan drives through their neighborhood around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Michelle Flipski, a kindergarten teacher assistant hands kindergarten teacher Lindsey Scott poster baord to decorate before an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan through neighborhoods around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Michelle Flipski, a kindergarten teacher assistant hands kindergarten teacher Lindsey Scott poster baord to decorate before an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan through neighborhoods around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Julie Rutledge, a secretary Oakridge Elementary, waits in a car before an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan through neighborhoods around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Julie Rutledge, a secretary Oakridge Elementary, waits in a car before an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan through neighborhoods around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Michelle Flipski, a kindergarten teacher assistant, gets in her car before starting an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan through neighborhoods around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Michelle Flipski, a kindergarten teacher assistant, gets in her car before starting an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan through neighborhoods around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Noah Garvie, 6, an Oakridge Elementary kindergarten student, holds a sign as he waits for an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan through neighborhoods around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Noah Garvie, 6, an Oakridge Elementary kindergarten student, holds a sign as he waits for an Oakridge Elementary faculty caravan through neighborhoods around the Moore school, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. [Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman]
Gov. Kevin Stitt, Kayse Shrum and Jerome Loughridge leave the Governor's office heading to the Blue Room before the media briefing for the Governor's Solution Task Force to provide an update on Oklahoma's COVID-19 response in the Blue Room of the Capitol Wednesday, April 15, 2020. [Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman]
Gov. Kevin Stitt, Kayse Shrum and Jerome Loughridge leave the Governor's office heading to the Blue Room before the media briefing for the Governor's Solution Task Force to provide an update on Oklahoma's COVID-19 response in the Blue Room of the Capitol Wednesday, April 15, 2020. [Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman]
Gov. Kevin Stitt, Kayse Shrum and Jerome Loughridge leave the Governor's office heading to the Blue Room before the media briefing for the Governor's Solution Task Force to provide an update on Oklahoma's COVID-19 response in the Blue Room of the Capitol Wednesday, April 15, 2020. [Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman]
Gov. Kevin Stitt, Kayse Shrum and Jerome Loughridge leave the Governor's office heading to the Blue Room before the media briefing for the Governor's Solution Task Force to provide an update on Oklahoma's COVID-19 response in the Blue Room of the Capitol Wednesday, April 15, 2020. [Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman]
Gov. Kevin Stitt, Kayse Shrum and Jerome Loughridge wait outside of the Blue Room before the media briefing for the Governor's Solution Task Force to provide an update on Oklahoma's COVID-19 response in the Blue Room of the Capitol Wednesday, April 15, 2020. [Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman]
Gov. Kevin Stitt, Kayse Shrum and Jerome Loughridge wait outside of the Blue Room before the media briefing for the Governor's Solution Task Force to provide an update on Oklahoma's COVID-19 response in the Blue Room of the Capitol Wednesday, April 15, 2020. [Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman]
Gov. Kevin Stitt, Kayse Shrum and Jerome Loughridge wait outside of the Blue Room before the media briefing for the Governor's Solution Task Force to provide an update on Oklahoma's COVID-19 response in the Blue Room of the Capitol Wednesday, April 15, 2020. [Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman]
Gov. Kevin Stitt, Kayse Shrum and Jerome Loughridge wait outside of the Blue Room before the media briefing for the Governor's Solution Task Force to provide an update on Oklahoma's COVID-19 response in the Blue Room of the Capitol Wednesday, April 15, 2020. [Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman]
Gov. Kevin Stitt addresses the the media during a briefing for the Governor's Solution Task Force to provide an update on Oklahoma's COVID-19 response in the Blue Room of the Capitol Wednesday, April 15, 2020. [Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman]
Gov. Kevin Stitt addresses the the media during a briefing for the Governor's Solution Task Force to provide an update on Oklahoma's COVID-19 response in the Blue Room of the Capitol Wednesday, April 15, 2020. [Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman]
Kayse Shrum addresses the the media during a briefing for the Governor's Solution Task Force to provide an update on Oklahoma's COVID-19 response in the Blue Room of the Capitol Wednesday, April 15, 2020. [Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman]
Kayse Shrum addresses the the media during a briefing for the Governor's Solution Task Force to provide an update on Oklahoma's COVID-19 response in the Blue Room of the Capitol Wednesday, April 15, 2020. [Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman]
Jerome Loughridge addresses the the media during a briefing for the Governor's Solution Task Force to provide an update on Oklahoma's COVID-19 response in the Blue Room of the Capitol Wednesday, April 15, 2020. [Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman]
Jerome Loughridge addresses the the media during a briefing for the Governor's Solution Task Force to provide an update on Oklahoma's COVID-19 response in the Blue Room of the Capitol Wednesday, April 15, 2020. [Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman]
Gov. Kevin Stitt addresses the the media during a briefing for the Governor's Solution Task Force to provide an update on Oklahoma's COVID-19 response in the Blue Room of the Capitol Wednesday, April 15, 2020. [Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman]
Gov. Kevin Stitt addresses the the media during a briefing for the Governor's Solution Task Force to provide an update on Oklahoma's COVID-19 response in the Blue Room of the Capitol Wednesday, April 15, 2020. [Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman]
Gov. Stitt leaves the briefing for the Governor's Solution Task Force to provide an update on Oklahoma's COVID-19 response in the Blue Room of the Capitol Wednesday, April 15, 2020. [Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman]
Gov. Stitt leaves the briefing for the Governor's Solution Task Force to provide an update on Oklahoma's COVID-19 response in the Blue Room of the Capitol Wednesday, April 15, 2020. [Photo by Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman]