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'Bar Lives Matter' Sign In Texas Revs Up Social Media Reaction

After Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered bars closed in the state to slow the spread of COVID-19, bartenders took to the streets to protest. A photo of one of the protest signs blowing up on social media reads “bar lives matter.”

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Femi Oke, host of “The Stream” on Al Jazeera English for our weekly social media roundup.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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