FILE PHOTO: Members of the clergy William Barber (C) and Jesse Jackson (L), standing below a painting of Christopher Columbus landing in the New World, speak during a Poor People's Campaign rally in the Rotunda at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. May 21, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At any other time, a divisive U.S. president dealing with a national crisis that is causing severe economic dislocation might bring throngs of demonstrators to the streets of Washington and state capitals across the country.
But the spread of the novel coronavirus, which had killed more than 23,560 people in the United States and infected 584,293 as of Monday night and shut down all but essential travel and businesses, has made physical protests nearly impossible.
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