President Trump on Wednesday said he told Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp that he “strongly” disagreed with the governor’s decision to begin reopening parts of the state as soon as Friday
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he’d informed Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia that he “strongly” disagreed with the governor’s decision to begin reopening parts of the state as soon as Friday, a high-profile break from a Republican ally.
Kemp also announced that Georgians would soon be able to resume socially distanced dining in at restaurantsfrom critics who pointed to indicators that Georgia’s number of new cases was still on an upward trajectory At the same time, Trump indicated he was not so opposed to Kemp’s decision that he would ask the federal government to step in.
“I think it’s too soon, and I love the people,” Trump said. “I love those people that use all of those things, the spas, the beauty parlors, the barbershops, tattoo parlors, I love them. But they can wait a little bit longer, just a little bit — not much — because safety has to predominate.”“If I were advising the governor, I would tell him that he should be careful,” Fauci said at Wednesday’s briefing, acknowledging a “natural” desire “to move ahead quickly.
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