'Wake up! Stand up! This is America!': Restaurant owner interrupts news broadcast, urges resistance to COVID-19 state 'tyranny'

Dave Morris saw the news camera and reporter in front of his Michigan restaurant Wednesday and apparently decided he wasn't going to wait to be interviewed.

Instead he walked up and interrupted WWMT-TV's segment on restaurant owners defying a statewide ban on indoor dining — and it turns out Morris has been doing just that.

"My government leaders have abandoned me," Morris — who owns D&R Daily Grind in Portage — told the reporter.

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We’re all Dave Morris. Time is up.

“Wake up! Stand up! This is America. Be free!”

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— Tyler Cardon (@TyCardon) December 3, 2020

He added to the station that since opening up his establishment for indoor dining Friday, he's seen a record number of customers — and he wants other business owners to open up, too.

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