Tim Eyman and small-business owners sue Gov. Jay Inslee over coronavirus stay-home order, calling it

Tim Eyman and small-business owners sue Gov. Jay Inslee over coronavirus stay-home order, calling it ‘tyranny’


Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Eyman joined Franklin County Commissioner Clint Didier and some small-business owners in suing Gov. Jay Inslee in federal court Friday, contending the governor’s stay-home order to prevent spread of the coronavirus has imposed “unacceptable tyranny.”

The lawsuit, which is seeking class-action status, was filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

In a news conference in front of the federal courthouse in Tacoma, Eyman and other plaintiffs railed against Inslee’s “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” order as overstepping his authority and argued that state businesses and schools should be reopened.

Didier said Washingtonians should be allowed to mingle again, arguing spreading the disease would be a positive development and build immunity. “We can take care of this virus by letting the people catch it,” he said.

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