Obama Shares His Advice to Local Leaders Facing the Coronavirus Pandemic: 'Speak the Truth'

President Barack Obama joined former Mike Bloomberg on a video teleconference call with more than 300 mayors and community leaders to talk coronavirus

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He encouraged mayors on the call to surround themselves with health experts and to not be afraid to ask questions about managing their community’s coronavirus response. The former president has largely refrained from commenting on politics since he left office in January 2017, following an unofficial tradition of nonpartisanship of many past presidents.But in recent weeks, Obama has slightly leaned back into current events amid the country’s scrutinized response to the pandemic.‘s strategies, including criticizing him for earlier downplaying the threat of the virus and for not embracing a long-term system of testing people and tracing contacts among cases.

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