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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's abrupt reversal on Georgia's reopening plan highlights growing tensions with Kemp
President Trump was for reopening the state of Georgia before he was against it.
After giving Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) the green light to begin lifting his states coronavirus restrictions, Trump blindsided him by publicly reversing course and announcing Wednesday that he strongly disagreed with the move to allow certain businesses to begin opening in the state.
The presidents rapid about-face undermined a member of his party and added to the sense of confusion about how states should begin restarting economic activity in the middle of a deadly pandemic.
It also underscored underlying tension between the president and Kemp, who soared to the governorship on a pro-Trump platform and pivotal endorsement but has since resisted the presidents suggestions on some of his most significant decisions as governorKemp, who rejected Trumps call to reverse course on his states reopening this week, has drawn increasingly sharp public rebukes from a president who has vacillated throughout the crisis between urging for a cautious public health response and advocating for a swift restart of economic activity across the country.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-kemp-georgia-coronavirus-reopen/2020/04/24/116f6ebe-863f-11ea-a3eb-e9fc93160703_story.html
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,267 posts)and people at Mierda Loco get the virus, he's kind of screwed.
brer cat
(24,401 posts)It is hard to keep the assholes straight.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,267 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,133 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,133 posts)Ain't Kemp in Joe-ja?
Ima mess...
liberal N proud
(60,298 posts)Between the two of them their IQ is still negative
tulipsandroses
(5,090 posts)in Kemp's face - opening up hair salons, barber shops, tattoo shops -You can't practice social distancing in those settings. No matter how careful they think they are, I think its only a matter of time that Georgia's numbers start going up because of Kemp's stupidity. Trump is already taking a beating for his Coronavirus response. He's trying to distance himself from Kemp so that Kemp can't say oh I was following the president's orders.
OAITW r.2.0
(23,810 posts)Should never have trusted this prick. You fucked yourself when you took Trump's phonecalls.
tirebiter
(2,520 posts)Its what Trump does