Georgia Gov Blasts Trump After “COVID Tyrant” Attack

The Hill reports:

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R ) and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) campaign are both pushing back on former President Trump’s “Covid Tyrant” claims. Kemp responded to a video of Trump where the former president said that “Covid Tyrant[s]” want to take away Americans’ freedoms and called on people to “not comply.”

Kemp appeared to take the video as an attack on how he handled COVID-19 and blasted the former president for not supporting his decision to roll back pandemic restrictions in 2020.

At the time, Trump said he disagreed “strongly” with Kemp’s decision to start reopening the economy in April 2020. DeSantis also moved to lift the lockdown in Florida around that time and officially ended the lockdown in September 2020.

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The fact is former president Trump led the opposition to my decision to reopen Georgia – the first state in the country to do so.

While he listened to Fauci & parroted media talking points, I listened to hardworking Georgians.

He may not remember, but I sure as hell do. https://t.co/8eWPidlnfP

— Brian Kemp (@BrianKempGA) September 9, 2023