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ecstatic

(32,567 posts)
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 10:03 PM Jul 2020

"Governor" kemp (GA) just overruled the local mask mandates

My county and several others just implemented mandatory mask requirements, and now kkkemp is stepping in to stop it.

I really don't get it. Why is he doing this? It's completely self defeating if he really wants to get Georgia's economy back on track.

Is he experiencing psychosis due to an active but undiagnosed covid-19 infection?

Or is it that he is actively trying to kill the people who won't vote for him?



https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/local-mask-mandates-suspended-by-gov-kemps-executive-order.amp

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"Governor" kemp (GA) just overruled the local mask mandates (Original Post) ecstatic Jul 2020 OP
Putin bounties ... GeorgeGist Jul 2020 #1
I am of the opinion that these Republican governors should be labeled as traitors Baitball Blogger Jul 2020 #3
It's a mindset. White males in the GOP think they are entitled. They are anti-government. Baitball Blogger Jul 2020 #2
Except when it comes to uteruses?! ecstatic Jul 2020 #14
Of course. volstork Jul 2020 #18
not a mindset..a trumpian mind-meld... agingdem Jul 2020 #19
My guess- SharonClark Jul 2020 #4
He's afraid of his GOP base. Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #5
what a despicable piece of shit chillfactor Jul 2020 #6
The large cities didn't elect KKKemp. Hoyt Jul 2020 #7
The large cities have high African American populations DBoon Jul 2020 #23
kemp is a fucking Putin Puppet Idiot. Cha Jul 2020 #8
4/2/20 - Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who resisted strict coronavirus measures, says he just learned it transmits asymptomatically Make7 Jul 2020 #9
Oh that dope soothsayer Jul 2020 #11
There were asymptomatic people way back in January or February. KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2020 #20
Is it legal for Kemp to do this? KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2020 #10
He wants Georgians to die. Plain and simple. RockRaven Jul 2020 #12
I would like to see ads run against him showing C19 patients. MerryBlooms Jul 2020 #13
I am shocked!!! BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #15
Asshole Repukes: "I don't want the government telling me what to do"... blitzen Jul 2020 #16
Defeating Georgia and himself. elleng Jul 2020 #17
And when the less urban areas of Georgia with smaller hospital systems and capacities start spiking? Freethinker65 Jul 2020 #21
No hospital systems. Lots of rural healthcare Ilsa Jul 2020 #24
This is exactly what Texas did. chriscan64 Jul 2020 #22
He is smart with the ignorant base. Abbott in TX JCMach1 Jul 2020 #25
Could this be some retaliation allnews Jul 2020 #26

Baitball Blogger

(46,576 posts)
3. I am of the opinion that these Republican governors should be labeled as traitors
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 10:08 PM
Jul 2020

and be hauled to some tribunal.

Baitball Blogger

(46,576 posts)
2. It's a mindset. White males in the GOP think they are entitled. They are anti-government.
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 10:07 PM
Jul 2020

As long as people like Kemp are in government positions, they will undermine anything that interferes with that mindset.

agingdem

(7,759 posts)
19. not a mindset..a trumpian mind-meld...
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 10:32 PM
Jul 2020

remember Kemp was the first governor to "open" his state...gyms, bars, restaurants...he sacrificed his state to make Trump happy...to save Trump's economy..and in doing so Georgia is now a covid hotspot..my daughter lives in Atlanta and she says there is no way in hell Kemp has the ability to close the state again and he knows it...

SharonClark

(10,005 posts)
4. My guess-
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 10:10 PM
Jul 2020

He’s a trumper.
He knows the trumpers in his state won’t comply.
He wants to stick it to the libs and Atlanta.
He chooses trump over the health and welfare of the citizens of the state.
He’s a maga cult member.

Make7

(8,543 posts)
9. 4/2/20 - Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who resisted strict coronavirus measures, says he just learned it transmits asymptomatically
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 10:18 PM
Jul 2020
Health officials have been saying that for two months.

April 2, 2020 | By Aaron Blake

After resisting a statewide stay-at-home order for days, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) succumbed to the pressure and issued one on Wednesday. Part of the reason, he said, was that he had just learned some new information.

Kemp said he was “finding out that this virus is now transmitting before people see signs.”

“Those individuals could have been infecting people before they ever felt bad, but we didn’t know that until the last 24 hours,” he said. He added that the state’s top doctor told him that “this is a game-changer.”

It may have been a game-changer, but it was a game-changer weeks or even months ago. That’s when health officials started emphasizing that asymptomatic people are transmitting the coronavirus. The idea that Kemp didn’t know this is striking. But he’s merely the latest top politician to indicate that he’s unfamiliar with the science even as he’s making life-or-death decisions for his constituents.

...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/02/georgia-gov-brian-kemp-who-resisted-strict-coronavirus-measures-says-he-just-learned-it-transmitted-asymptomatically/

I'm guessing he's not the best informed person on health matters.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
20. There were asymptomatic people way back in January or February.
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 10:34 PM
Jul 2020

One of the first proven carriers into EU nations was a guy from the UK who had been visiting China, was asymptomatic and spread it around two or three nations before it was discovered he was infected.

That story was all over U.S. and international news outlets and had epidemiologists saying "oh shit".

The ignorance of people who only listen to or read from bubble-isolated right wings sources are killing American citizens every day.

To me, this represents criminal negligence because all government officials of this standing should have been given very thorough, professional briefings on this disease early in the game.


KY....

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
10. Is it legal for Kemp to do this?
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 10:18 PM
Jul 2020

I always thought local, lesser government entities are allowed to implement more stringent rules beyond state laws and rules so long as the measure is in the best interest of their constituents.


Oh wait, these are market-driven heartless Republicans.........

RockRaven

(14,784 posts)
12. He wants Georgians to die. Plain and simple.
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 10:22 PM
Jul 2020

They've seen data showing higher transmission in urban areas, and higher rates amongst people of color, and think they get a net win of they let it run rampant. Voter suppression by body count.

MerryBlooms

(11,728 posts)
13. I would like to see ads run against him showing C19 patients.
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 10:22 PM
Jul 2020

He's obviously another treasonous trump ass licker. I don't care if these murderous governors are up for re election or not, but ads need to be run against them to protect Americans.

blitzen

(4,572 posts)
16. Asshole Repukes: "I don't want the government telling me what to do"...
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 10:25 PM
Jul 2020

Well, I don't want them telling me I can't, for instance, smoke weed. Etc., etc., etc.

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
24. No hospital systems. Lots of rural healthcare
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 11:19 PM
Jul 2020

centers and hospitals went broke without ACA Medicaid expansion.

chriscan64

(1,789 posts)
22. This is exactly what Texas did.
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 10:42 PM
Jul 2020

Then we had the big increase. The governor finally gave in and made masks mandatory, but it took every big city hospital to be full before having the courage to do it.

JCMach1

(27,544 posts)
25. He is smart with the ignorant base. Abbott in TX
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 11:45 PM
Jul 2020

Is a dead Governor walking. He won't make it out the Rep..primary in 2 yrs

allnews

(244 posts)
26. Could this be some retaliation
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 03:54 AM
Jul 2020

Because of Bottoms calling out Trump for violating mask order when he arrived in Georgia yesterday?

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