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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp sues Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms over mask mandate

Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp sued the city of Atlanta on Thursday after Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said she would defy an executive order barring localities from issuing mask mandates.

Bottoms immediately pushed back, saying at a Thursday news conference, "It's my belief that the city of Atlanta still has the appropriate standing to mandate masks, especially as it relates to buildings and places that we own and operate." Kemp issued on executive order Wednesday extending Georgia's state of public emergency, and he said that masks are "strongly encouraged" but not required."It's my belief that the city of Atlanta still has the appropriate standing to mandate masks," Bottoms said at a press conference Thursday. "Especially as it relates to buildings and places that we own and operate.

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Another waste of your tax dollars.

Suing the woman who has covid and is trying to prevent people in her city from getting covid is about the assholiest move and asshole can make.

What a total moron. Wasting my tax dollars so that others have a better chance of catching Covid. Second dumbest governor in America.

Ah yes, the party of local control.

JFC He doesn’t know when to stop. Love to hear his claim for wanting to *not* allow her to mandate something that’s in the best interest of the city/state.🙄

Just Atlanta? Has it to do that she is a woman?

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