The Republican governor's decision to sue Atlanta's Democratic mayor over the city's mask requirement is more than a public health dispute
On its face, the legal showdown between Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms over the legality of the city’s face mask mandate is a dispute over the right balance between personal freedom and public health.
response to the coronavirus pandemic and fueling an outbreak that now appears to be spinning out of control.Atlanta City Council Member Antonio Brown says the failure to contain the virus is hurting “our most vulnerable communities, which are black and brown communities,” the most. “While we're pointing fingers, we're not getting the work of the people done. We're not saving lives. We're not protecting our communities that need to be protected.
Kemp filed suit against Lance Bottoms and Atlanta’s city council on Thursday, arguing the city’s mask requirement violates a statewideGov. Brian Kemp returns to his office after giving a coronavirus briefing at the Georgia state capitol on Friday in Atlanta. Kemp is suing Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms over its face mask mandate. | John Bazemore/AP Photo
On Tuesday, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci, the foremost U.S. expert on infectious disease, in a USA Today op-ed, writing that the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has been “wrong about everything I have interacted with him on.
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