Reddit was all on board! Fellow Americans? Fuck them! It was the most absurd bullshit ever. 1/2 of the support came from the Raimondo can do no wrong fan club, never saw a bigger bunch of clowns! Here are a couple of classic reddit threads from then:

https://old.reddit.com/r/RhodeIsland/comments/fpwu7y/aclu_objects_to_giving_state_police_power_to_pull/

https://old.reddit.com/r/RhodeIsland/comments/fqas6w/ri_state_police_national_guard_set_up_checkpoint/

https://old.reddit.com/r/RhodeIsland/comments/fqwg4m/ny_gov_threatens_to_sue_ri/