Atlanta mayor on reopening Georgia amid the coronavirus pandemic: “Our numbers are up 28.8% in positive tests since last week, and deaths are up 37.23% … We aren’t trending downward. There’s no science or data that supports opening up our state.”
Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss how her city is handling the order by Georgia governor Brian Kemp to reopen the state, despite the state not meeting the recommended
health guidelines to make such a move. She also shares her response to racist texts she received, saying "it doesn't frighten me, but it saddened me that in 2020 this is what we're still facing in America."
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