{"id":2026873,"date":"2023-09-09T16:03:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T20:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kemp-slams-trump-for-opposition-to-ending-covid-lockdowns-in-april-2020\/"},"modified":"2023-09-09T16:04:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T20:04:19","slug":"kemp-slams-trump-for-opposition-to-ending-covid-lockdowns-in-april-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kemp-slams-trump-for-opposition-to-ending-covid-lockdowns-in-april-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Kemp criticizes Trump&#8217;s stance on April 2020 COVID lockdowns."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkemp-slams-trump-for-opposition-to-ending-covid-lockdowns-in-april-2020%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2026873&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Gov. Brian Kemp \u200dRemembers Trump&#8217;s Opposition to Reopening from COVID-19 Lockdowns<\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meghan-mccain-wants-ufos-investigated-after-being-petrified-by-famous-ufo-incident-as-a-child\/\" title=\"Meghan McCain seeks UFO investigation due to childhood fear.\">vividly recalls<\/a> former President Donald Trump&#8217;s resistance to reopening from COVID-19 lockdowns in April 2020. \u2062In\u2064 response to a clip of \u2064Trump adamantly refusing to\u2062 comply with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-gop-gov-calls-for-full-capacity-sports-also-wants-concerts-and-parades\/\" title=\"Tennessee GOP Gov Calls For Full-Capacity Sports, Also Wants Concerts And Parades\">public health mandates<\/a> from\u2063 &#8220;COVID tyrants,&#8221; Kemp reminds the former president of\u2064 his own opposition to reopening \u2062Georgia during the initial COVID-19\u2063 lockdowns.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The fact is former\u2063 president Trump led \u2062the opposition to my decision to reopen Georgia &#8211; the first\u200d state in the\u2063 country to do \u2064so. \u2063While he listened\u2063 to Fauci\u2062 &#038; parroted media talking points, \u2064I listened to hardworking Georgians. He may not remember, but I\u2062 sure as hell \u200cdo,&#8221; Kemp\u2063 said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The video that prompted Kemp&#8217;s response featured Trump declaring, &#8220;To every COVID tyrant who wants to take away our freedom,\u200b Hear\u200c these words: We will \u2064not comply. \u200bSo don&#8217;t\u200b even think about\u2062 it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kemp initiated the phased \u200creopening of Georgia\u200c in April 2020, \u200ballowing\u2064 certain retailers, nail salons, massage therapists, bowling \u200balleys,\u200b and gyms to\u2062 resume operations. Theaters and\u200c restaurants followed suit shortly after. However, this reopening plan\u2064 contradicted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kemp-slams-trump-for-opposition-to-ending-covid-lockdowns-in-april-2020\/\" title=\"Kemp criticizes Trump's stance on April 2020 COVID lockdowns.\">federal \u200dguidelines set<\/a>\u2064 by \u2062Trump&#8217;s White House\u2062 COVID-19 task force.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Trump\u2064 openly\u2063 opposed Kemp&#8217;s decision but acknowledged the governor&#8217;s authority to make \u2062such\u200c choices.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I told the governor very simply that \u200cI disagree \u200cwith this\u200b decision, but he\u2063 has to do\u2064 what he thinks is right,&#8221; Trump \u2062stated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love these people that use\u200d all of those things, \u2063spas, and the beauty\u200b parlors\u200d and barber shops, tattoo parlors. I love\u200c them, but they can wait a little\u200d bit\u2063 longer,&#8221; he\u200d added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Georgia was among the\u200c first states to \u200clift \u2063the initial\u200d COVID-19 lockdowns \u200dthat began in March 2020. The disagreement between Trump and Kemp, initially sparked by\u200c COVID-19 policies, escalated when the former \u2064president \u2063allegedly attempted \u2062to persuade Kemp to\u200b overturn the 2020 election results, \u200da request Kemp \u2064firmly rejected.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2022 GOP gubernatorial\u2063 primary in\u200c Georgia, Trump endorsed David Perdue, but Kemp emerged victorious, securing his reelection \u2064in the general election.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read \u2062more from The Washington \u200cExaminer.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) recalls former President Donald Trump&#8217;s opposition to reopening during COVID-19 lockdowns in April 2020. 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