Whatsis I just heard on CNN that the Georgia governor is now doubling down and trying to get an...

[TreasonousBastard]

injunction stopping Atlanta's mayor from ordering masks.

[lark]

1. Trumpers are killing us on purpose because Vlad told his orange puppet to make this happen.

They totally don't care how many of the working class/poor die, they will have the economy going for the profits of the rich. That is all they care about and our lives are nothing to them, just disposable pieces of meat.

[Iliyah]

2. Hasn't Georgia's infection rate skyrocketed? . . .

and yet, mask would help slow down the infections and subsequently illness and death.

republicans are the party of death.

[napi21]

3. I can guess why Kemp is fighting so hard, (DT), but I think the Mayor should keep her position.

Other than the $$ of the lawyers, I think she'll win. Could there ever be a Judge who would ote against people being kept safe?

[uponit7771]

4. Kemp is trying to kill as many non-whites as possible. There are other cities in GA where the mayer

... has called for masks and there are no negative reactions from Kemp

[struggle4progress]

5. Mayor questions timing of Kemp suit

By The Associated Press
July 17, 2020

ATLANTA -- Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp sued the city of Atlanta over its face-mask requirement just after President Donald Trump arrived in the city without wearing a mask, says Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.

In an interview on CBS “This Morning,” Bottoms questioned the timing of the lawsuit filed shortly after Trump’s visit on Wednesday.

“I pointed out that Donald Trump violated that order when he landed at our airport and did not wear a mask,” said Bottoms, who was recently diagnosed with the coronovirus.

She said Kemp “is a Trump loyalist and he seems to work very hard to please the president of the United States, and that is often at the expense of the people in our state” ...

https://apnews.com/9b07fbb5e31b0f2d26bd04d885aa7ddb

[TreasonousBastard]

9. She said Kemp "is a Trump loyalist...

and he seems to work very hard to please the president of the United States, and that is often at the expense of the people in our state”

As easy as it is to hate Trump, and he deserves every bit of it, the real problem is his enablers who, foolishly or evilly, keep him in power.

[struggle4progress]

6. Kemp shows that he doesn't care

July 19, 2020
Opinion by Dorothy Brown

... While we all face risks from Covid-19, the risk Black Americans face is even higher.

According to the US Census Bureau, Atlanta is almost 52% Black and 40% White. A study conducted this spring by a team of epidemiologists and clinicians at four universities showed that Black Americans may be dying from coronavirus at a higher rate than any other racial or ethnic group.

While Black Americans represent 13% of Americans, counties with higher Black populations account for more than half of all Covid-19 cases and nearly 60% of deaths, the study found. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Black Americans in Atlanta are more likely to be hospitalized than White Americans as a result of Covid-19.

Why? One reason is that being Black in America means you have to navigate systemic racism wherever you are — and this exacts a toll, including on health ...

https://www.theatlantavoice.com/articles/georgia-gov-kemp-shows-that-he-doesnt-care-about-black-people/

[struggle4progress]

7. In-person classes at Georgia schools

BY NICK WOOTEN
JULY 18, 2020 07:00 AM , UPDATED JULY 19, 2020 04:36 PM

... State health commissioner Dr. Kathleen Toomey said state officials “know and fully expect” for students and teachers to be infected ...

https://www.macon.com/news/local/education/article244311502.html

[Cattledog]

8. Kemp in his lawsuit wants an injunction to stop Mayor Bottoms from speaking

about Masks or issuing any statements.

[struggle4progress]

10. Mayor says governor's actions "simply bizarre"

By MELISSA QUINN CBS NEWS July 19, 2020, 12:47 PM

... "The governor has done many things as of late and said many things as of late that, quite frankly, are simply bizarre," Bottoms said Sunday on "Face the Nation." "He filed a 124-plus-page lawsuit against me this week calling for an emergency injunction to stop me from speaking about his orders. If the governor of this state had his way, I would not be allowed to speak with you today. And so this blame game is most unusual" ...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/atlanta-mayor-keisha-lance-bottoms-georgia-governor-brian-kemp-simply-bizarre/

[GoCubsGo]

12. Not so bizarre when you consider there was talk of her as a potential for Biden's VP.

I suspect this has more to do with trying to dirty her up the way the Trump Mob has tried to bloody up any candidates they fear. It's like what they did to Kamala Harris, and what they've been doing to Joe Biden all along.

[GoCubsGo]

11. Mayor Lance Bottoms is being vetted for Biden's VP, and Kemp a HUGE Trump bootlicker.

So, naturally, he's going after her more than he is any of the other mayors who instituted the same orders. Augusta mayor, Hardie Davis, instituted mask rules for his city, as well. Kemp isn't suing him.