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Trump gets into another feud with a powerful woman from Michigan: Attorney General called Trump 'a petulant child' for not publicly wearing a mask during Ford factory visit

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Michigan's Attorney General, Dana Nessel ratchet up an online feud with President Trump, calling him "a petulant child who refuses to follow the rules." Nessel's comments come after the president was photographed not wearing a mask while on a public visit to a Ford manufacturing plant in the state on Thursday., in which she warned him that he had a "legal responsibility" to take precautions to prevent further spread of the virus. Trump responded with a series of tweets, in which he called Nessel the "Wacky Do Nothing Attorney General of Michigan." Nessel also sent a warning to Ford for allowing the president not to wear a mask in front of cameras, telling CNN that she will "have a very serious conversation" with the company.Michigan's Attorney General, Dana Nessel called President Trump "a petulant child who refuses to follow the rules" after he would not publicly wear a mask during a tour of a Ford factory despite being asked to do so.in the state on Thursday, disobeying executive orders put in place by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that require anyone to wear a facial covering when in an enclosed space.on Friday that the president is like "a petulant child who refuses to follow the rules." "I was infuriated and exasperated, because I know that for every person who goes into a place of business where they're told to wear a mask, and they see the president not wearing one, their reaction is going to be, 'The president of the United States doesn't have to wear one. Why should I?'" she said. "This isn't funny, these are people's lives."But Nessel fired back, tweeting that she was "impressed" he even knew her name — a reference to Trump having previously called Gov. Whitmer as "that woman from Michigan."was photographed not wearing a mask while on a public visit to a Ford manufacturing plant in Ypsilanti on Thursday . However, Trump wore a mask as he toured the plant, but chose to remove it while he was around the press. "I did wear one. I had it on before; I wore one on in this back area," the president said. "But I didn't want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it.", where she asked him to wear a mask and warned him that he had a "legal responsibility" and a "social and moral responsibility" to take precautions to prevent further spread of the virus. Nessel also sent a warning to Ford for allowing the president to not wear a mask in front of cameras. Nessel told CNN: "I think that we're going to have to have a very serious conversation with Ford in the event that they permitted the President to be in publicly enclosed places in violation of the order." "They knew exactly what the order was and if they permitted anyone, even the President of the United States, to defy that order, I think it has serious health consequences potentially to their workers," she added. Attorney Dana Nessel announces her bid for Michigan Attorney General in Braun Court Ann Arbor on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017.Nessel also suggested in her tweet that she believes Trump has been targeting Michigan's leadership because the governor, secretary of state, and attorney general are all women. "I guess if any one of us were doing Secretary [of State Mike] Pompeo's dishes, he might be fine with us. But since we're not and we're actually running the state of Michigan, he seems to have a real issue," Nessel also told NPR. It is not the first time Trump has feuded with Michigan's leadership. He has attacked Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on several occasions and nicknamed her "Gretchen 'Half' Whitmer" on Twitter.tweeted in support of armed protesters who stormed the state's Capitol,Trump took to Twitter to address Gov. Whitmer, writing: "The Governor of Michigan should give a little, and put out the fire. These are very good people, but they are angry. They want their lives back again, safely! See them, talk to them, make a deal."Although her strict coronavirus measures

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