Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan discusses three crises gripping his state: rising cases of COVID-19, voting issues during a recent primary, and the killings of two Black men, Ahmaud Arbery and Rayshard Brooks.
Interview HighlightsI think we continue to make sure that we understand hot spots. I think that was a huge lesson learned by all 50 states. But we know that when we flood the zone with messaging, with PPE, with hospital resources and ventilators and all of the other tools and resources that we've learned over the past three months, that that absolutely is an imperative step.Certainly there is a sense of urgency.
Every day, my kids wanted to see what the progress was [on the hate crime bill], and my oldest son asked, the day that we passed the bill out of the Senate, tapped me on the shoulder, early that morning, and said,"Can I go to work with you?" So I was able to have my oldest, 18-year-old son, who's going to go off to college, be by my side, watching us pass what no doubt will be a story told way longer than anybody will ever remember me.
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