Both judges in the middle of a face mask showdown between Ga., Gov. Brian Kemp and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms rescued themselves from the case right before arguments were set to begin.
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Multiple Judges Recuse Themselves In Atlanta Mask Mandate Case | NBC News NOW
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Kemp is a clown and very wrong he should be helping keep people safe in his state by any means Necessary
Kemp is a pitiful excuse of a Governor.
Republicans are killing American’s… just because Trump is ordering them to… They are going after democrats; people we voted in…..
@Froggy I question everything thats for sure. the CDC has made plenty of errors in the past. Check out what they Did to the Tuskegee Airmen. I think its just grand that they sent a bunch of Viral weapons to Iraq to help fight Iran. Dirty pool for a government run heath care unit . I guess those docs left their oath at the door that entire 5 years. As far as your death rate goes there are way to many questions for me.
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@Froggy Why does Michigan with 2 million less people than Ohio have twice as many dead. Gyms have been open for 60 days in Ohio. Maybe this Virus cant be stopped MAYBE? Maybe your wrong ? Maybe the reason we are dying faster is only because we started out sicker ? Maybe punishing people that have spent their entire life taking care of themselves is just wrong. Check out The UK deaths compared to the population. Compare that to the US. The Uk has about 5 times as many dead in comparison. How many times did you hear that ! Probably just once…..Just Now… so fake news is real !!lol
@mike presnail Dont act so stupid… the ONLY reason we’re seeing more deaths NOW is because the states opened up way too early, didnt require masks or social distancing, and basically has zero leadership even on what is right or wrong to control this.. The states that DID everything and had guidance…now have cases level or declining … it really doesnt take a rocket scientist to see that..
@mike presnail and I am far too busy to check out what ever the heck you are talking about. My concern right now is people living instead of dying. And it looks like, unless trump changes his strategy..that wont happen until we get someone else in office.
@Froggy You are not to busy to follow the talking heads on what ever you choose to hear. Its called information biased. As soon as you bring up Trump you show your biased. If I say Sweden you say Norway. lol If I ask why the push for masks now, you say because we are just finding out things. Its the same thing with most people. Your simply to busy to look for info on your own. So you get fed the info you want to hear. Your pre -disposed narrative of all things is rather limited and you cant help it. Shame on you though, for not even trying !!
Ridiculous mask work
Making no sense wearing a mask
Hospitals are telling lies
No one even knows what the tests are testing!!
@MelanatedRN #reparationsnow nursing homes in Michigan and New York had mandated mask rules.. people still died at alarming rates… WHY
@syndicate lo nursing homes in Michigan and New York had mandated mask rules.. people still died at alarming rates… WHY
mike presnail just think about how many more will be dying without them.
@MelanatedRN #reparationsnow Can you prove masks worn by idiots or just every day normal people are effective against a virus. You really cant. You can find great studies on both, but no conclusions. Your for reparations I see. It makes sense. Im from Canada My parents and all those before them never owed slaves, yet you want my tax dollars to pay for lots of people who never were affected by slavery.
On the covid front you want millions of healthy people to wear mask because some of them (might be sick ) !. That sort of compares in a way to racial profiling if you ask me. Everyone is sick or could be, so just shut up and mask up.. Is that stance not a tiny bit hypocritical ?? Please try and think about it. Freedom is important. It was for the slaves and it is for me.. I promise to wash my hands and stay home if im sick. Will you give me a pass and trust Me ?
That racist just doesn’t want that Black woman calling any shots! That’s all that’s about. It’s so obviously racist!!!!
Ahhh so because she told Trump Atlanta has a mask mandate and him not wearing one was against her policy the next day Kemp sues only her and not the other cities.. Tell me that doesn’t show you who he’s trying to please?
Exactly.
Covid 19 is too restrictive and infringes on my personal rights. I won’t stand for that! I protest! I’m going to wear a mask, no matter what!!! 😷😷😷👍👍👍
GOOD FOR YOU NOW LEAVE ME ALONE
We Need Real Leaders At This Time Of Weakness
I’m from Georgia and initially our states numbers were almost nil. Kemp got cocky and he jumped into three phases way to fast. He’s also in Trump’s pocket so go figure. We need mandatory mask wearing until our cases drop significantly. Kemp, put your ppl 1st.. not Trump!! When you’re talking about people’s lives.. mask wearing isn’t too restrictive. C’mon now. Seriously…
I live in British Columbia and I am scared of our jump from 12-15 cases a day to lately 30-35 cases a day.
So you wouldn’t mind the government put you in self isolation for a month to prevent spread a covud?
@HaPyro720 Absolutely right. 👌
You need to fix your 50 people gatherings WAY more than your masks! I cannot believe you are letting that many people gather with that many cases! We limited it to TWO people gathering when our cases reached triple figures! (we were down to 5 or 10 people gatherings depending on the circumstances as we rose towards that)
@josh77577 all the best & don’t let your guard down! If it’s a dormant virus there you should be fine BUT if it’s a fresh import, go to high alert now! Lockdowns take out the more virulent individual virus variants, making later control relatively easy, but if you’ve imported a new aggressive one, it can take you by surprise with ease
Even the judges have a conscious decision not to get involved. Unlike Bill Barr, a disgraceful man who only thinks of his party affiliation.
love seeing a black reporter with her natural hair 😍
Close your eyes and see if you hear a black woman when she speaks.
Victor Johnson just because you only have a certain perception of black women in your mind, it doesn’t mean that it reflects itself into reality. aka your ignorance is showing luv
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JUDGE, WHY DO YOU RECUSE YOURSELF TODAY? SIR, I RECUSE MYSELF BC I’M SCARED OF GOV KEMP AND THE WRATH OF TRUMP AND WHITE REPUBLICANS IN THE US!
Obviously Gov. Kemp is NOT the sharpest tool in the shed.
Kemp is a liar and a cheat. As secretary of state he oversaw an election in which he was a candidate. He lacks independent thought, being a Trump boot licker, he cheatedtowin.,
Good!
Nothing ever comes out good when you, steal it.
What the heck is wrong with these republicans?
AMERICA IS FACING A NUMBER OF CRISES; SOCIAL CONFLICT, THE PANDEMIC, A CRIME WAVE, THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. The crisis that links them all together to form a major national emergency is the total lack of national leadership! Trump has zero leadership qualities and no concept of public service; he’s the ultimate self-server. The basic strategy of his presidency has been to “DIVIDE AND RULE”, with the total/unconditional support of the renegade GOP. DARK DAYS LIE AHEAD!
From what I understand the governor is not anti-mask he is anti-mandate (law being made) to force people to were a mask? Why make a law that is unenforceable? Under the mayor’s plan, Atlanta code enforcement will be enforcing the “mandate” as the mask police? Really?? I don’t think people want a law in place forcing them to wear a mask?
Judge shows intelligence, in Georgia no less. Kemp is another fraud like Chump. I wouldn’t want to get in that swamp either.
I guess he doesn’t want to get re-elected, does he?
she better be careful or trump will send in the feds and brand mask wearers as ”violent rioters”.
LOL! Have you noticed that the president is only sending his secret police into “blue” states.
Why are they wasting the time and money in the courtroom over this? The governor needs to look at the BIG picture of this virus and choose his battles better.
Because no one has the right to mandate the wearing of a mask, unless you’re a socialist who believes that the freedom of the individual is overwritten by “the greater good”, which is a mythical concept used to justify the taking of liberty.
@A Guy In The Woods it IS for the greater good. If everyone would wear a mask in public and wash their hands, perhaps we would stop seeing more new cases of this virus.
You have the right to stay out of public places so that those of us with empathy for our fellow human beings can be safe from you.
Melissa Wittman The greater good doesnt exist, its a concept, can you see it, can you show me it? No. If everyone is wearing a mask then they cant get sick by me not wearing one. If someone doesn’t want to wear a mask it doesn’t cause you harm. Stop trying to mandate people’s own safety and take care of your own.
@A Guy In The Woods Thank you and you are right-this is how the world lived all before this fake bs started now all the sudden in last 5 months people changed their rational thinking due to brainwashed propaganda that stole their brain and mindset. This fake social justice warrior is so sickening. Being a god person and caring should be from the heart and soul not from the government telling you as a false safety.
What a stupid governor. He doesn’t care about the people. He only cares about what Trump will think.
If he want’s uniformity across the state, how come he’s not suing (he’s suing Mayor Keisha PERSONALLY as well as the City of Atlanta…) the other municipalities that have enacted a mask mandate? Hmmm….
Love the Trump ad at the end of this story: it opens with an empty office- is that the Oval Office? (Trump can’t be reached when he’s golfing at any of his resorts- where he has spent at least 1/3 of his term).
“Then claims chaos, when Trump has exacerbated the chaos by illegally sending “federal” troops (are they really? Who knows- they are not identifiable, drag people off into unmarked vans- reminds me of Kashoggi’s abduction and murder, not to mention the standard operating procedures of drug cartels).
I take the ad as Trump’s promise to to his base that he will continue to move toward dictatorship.
You think your religious and 2nd amendment rights are in danger from Democrats and most of the American people?
If Trump becomes the emperor wants to be, those rights will be gone. He will have exploited them for all their worth and when he has absolute power, they will be what he most fears. Kiss it goodbye.
‘what do we know so fark..so far’..
To Gov. Kemp. I really think your darling trump has it out for you. As soon as you fight the mayor to NOT allow her to mandate masks, trump starts wearing one and promoting them. Is this dejas vu?
Like when he told you to OPEN Georgia, and the next day he goes on TV and says it was stupid to open so soon. I dont think trump likes you as much as you like him! Lol
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you sound like a chinese spy destorying America.
you sound like a chinese spy to try to destory America.
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Why is the Kemp only suing the Atlanta mayor and not any of the other Georgia mayors who have done the same?
Because he’s fick ?
Because she is a black Democrat on the VP list.
Can’t wait to sneeze on everything at the buffet
You get jailed for 6 months if you do that in Australia!
@Lilac Lizard no you would not stop the bs. I went to law school in Australia. What a stupid remark.
@s foot continuation obviously not recently & obviously you’ve been living under a rock for the last 7 months! https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/cough-on-a-nurse-and-you-may-face-jail-health-minister-warns-20200408-p54ia3.html
_”The minister said advice from the Attorney-General’s Department stated the deliberate transmission of COVID-19 “is an offence under the general criminal laws that apply in every state and territory”.
“The most serious of these offences may carry maximum penalties up to imprisonment for life, if somebody was to take a step which led to the death of a healthcare worker, if it were a deliberate transmission,” Mr Hunt said.
State and territory criminal laws also made it an offence to “cause someone else to fear” they had been given the virus, “for example by coughing on them”, he said.”_
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/people-who-deliberately-spread-coronavirus-to-health-workers-face-life-in-prison-government-warns
_”People who deliberately try to spread the coronavirus to Australia’s healthcare workers could spend life in prison, the federal government has warned.
Speaking at a Wednesday press conference, Health Minister Greg Hunt slammed recent reports of abuse against healthcare workers and said anyone who looked to spread coronavirus to them could face steep penalties, including lengthy jail sentences.
Reading legal advice from the Attorney-General’s department, Mr Hunt said the deliberate transmission of COVID-19 was an offence under the general criminal laws that apply in every state and territory.
“The most serious of these offences may carry maximum penalties up to imprisonment for life, if somebody was to take a step which led to the death of a healthcare worker, if that were a deliberate transmission,” he said.
“In addition, those same state and territory criminal laws also make it an offence to cause someone else to fear that they are having transmitted to them the virus, for example by coughing on them.””_
If the masks were so effective why are they not wearing masks?
Wow do you see anybody around them. It’s not rocket science. But maybe for you
@Tony Hovgaard nursing homes in Michigan and New York had mandated mask rules.. people still died at alarming rates… WHY
@mike presnail obviously they’re not using their ppp as well as you think they are now are they. They are not an acute hospital do you think they are trained all that well in ppp. But I guess you don’t have no common sense so you wouldn’t think of that sorry that you graduated from Trump University or something
@Tony Hovgaard I went fishing and I found a carp. Bottom feeder who brings up Trump because he lives in their nightmares.. you put your big stupid foot in your mouth.. nursing homes have nurses and lpns and lots of others who have way more training than average people at Walmart.. so how is this mask thing going to work again lol
This fool was elected in fraudulently in Georgia. He needs to concentrate on getting it right for Georgia, b4 he starts pointing the finger !!
Judge Love argues
people are infected by new virus asymptomatic stupidity.
Who were the Judges?
let arcturian run this world if people do not now how to do it.
If Kemp is confident that people will do the right thing without a mandate then I guess he’s in favor of defunding the police.
Donald Trump is incredibly unfit for the task at hand.
July 4, 2020. Over 10 million cases worldwide and over 500,000 deaths.
Feel like time travel?
July 4, 2022. Over 3 billion cases worldwide and over 200 million deaths
After sucking so much trump, trump is wearing mask and make his case more difficult 😀
For COVID 19 information, follow Dr John Campbell. He is on youtube. And he has been discussing COVID 19 since late January. Share this information with everyone you know. We are in this together and for the foreseeable future. Stay safe. Stay well. Don’t die of ignorance. Don’t cause death by ignorance.
All mayors are controlled actors playing roles in this scamdemic
That’s abuse of power. He knows that they need a mandate of masks. Read between the lines what he’s saying is how dare this woman and black woman at that make a decision that I should be making. He doesn’t care about the people of his state. Stupidity doesn’t care who wears it. It just hangs around until it finds someone to wear it. But stupidity doesn’t look good on no one. Pride is what is killing our nation. Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall (Proverbs 16:18) But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble (James 4:6) in other words too much pride is what is destroying America. It’s not rocket science masks save lives, our medical professionals have been using them for decades. (Proverbs 11:14) where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellers their is safety. When all our leaders come together and counsel together concerning our nation and families. This is not about their position but about our lives. New Flash get it together and come together and counsel so God can give you wisdom as how to rid this nation of this virus. He has already started by saying put on a mask. Remember the last words of the thirty year old man I THOUGHT IT WAS IT WASN’T REAL. Wake Up It’s real. Praying For Wisdom For Our The Leaderships Of Our Nation
Keisha Lance Bottoms = MANDATE
Kemp wants more minorities to continue to die.
The President has announced the wearing of them.
The sueing is a bit extreme since we’re in a Pandemic
COVID-19 pandemic happening in the whole Planet but it’s really funny to heard that this is happening in this country.
I can’t blame why they have 4 million positive cases and 140,000 deaths.
cmon its so obvious why these judges recuse themselves. these judges already know that the governor will lose this case and knowing what happened to that federal judge who shot her family! this governor is powerful enough to do his bidding. why you think he won as a governor??
Why is COVID-19 a POLITICAL ISSUE? I thought it was about “People Dying?” AMERICA WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS! DO THE RIGHT THING…WEAR A MASK!
Let’s not forget that an 8yr old died during the b protest on Keisha watch!
Then go after the police…
Republicans are so disgusting and far behind the world and the science on the pandemic. And the USA is a mess and a burning dumpster fire 🔥 people are dying and they don’t care. Masks help to save lives
Good for them. Kindness and caring for others should be our desire worldwide. Be adults, do what is necessary to protect all, so they continue to be alive to enjoy our freedoms.
Is everyone sick ????? what percent are we talking about.. you mask wearing idiots are the problem since masks became the norm numbers went up.
People should be free to do what they wish without government interference…..enough said.
Kemp will lose.
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2 judges is “multiple?” Wouldn’t “a pair” or “a couple” be a more concise term or…just simply “two?”
LOL> Nobody wants to touch it. Hot potato
Pretty much
The stupidity is that other cities in Georgia has mask mandates and Kemp is only targeting Atlanta mayor.
Snakes its way through court?! It’s a valid lawsuit, the mayor’s orders cannot supersede a state level law, get off your high horses
wth is wrong with republicans
So Atlanta Georgia is going to be the next HOTSPOT 🤔 Good to know.
Pathetic judges, what are we paying them for? really really really? like wearing a mask is like a death sentence for these people.
So by Kemp’s logic, seat belts in cars should be optional?
Please don’t suggest that. If he gets hold of that idea, he’ll order that all seatbelts be removed, ad a method of “equitable” population control! 🙄
Kemp can’t find a judge who’s ignoring the data like he does & is willing to hear his stupidity.
Clothings should be optional too.
nursing homes in Michigan and New York had mandated mask rules.. people still died at alarming rates… WHY
you would get kicked in your balls read a history book please
“A mandate goes too far”…..too far for what? Possibly saving a life? Keeping people from getting sick?…
Sounds like they will PUT a plant in. There should be no question if you were it or not
Why are rioters destroying buildings and statues? If they want CHANGE, DO IT AT THE COURT! They are killing businesses and citizens lives. America is the best country to live in the world. You don’t like it, go live in Venezuela, North Korea, and China…see how they treat human lives!
“Recuse”, disqualify, running from responsibility. Chicken shitz.🐔💩💩
Will this BS ever end???
50 people gatherings????? You’re kidding right??????? 2,400 cases & 50 people?
Melbourne Australia mandated no more than TWO people gathering when cases reached 100 a day!
I guess these judges don’t know how to judge, and are concerned for their political reelection than the people.
If I were the judge I would mandate education not legislation on mask wearing. Wearing masks can actually exacerbate the problems with this virus.
Symptoms of overexposure to carbon dioxide by inhalation include dizziness, headache, nausea, rapid breathing, shortness of
breath, deeper breathing, increased heart rate (tachycardia), eye and extremity twitching, cardiac
arrhythmia, memory disturbances, lack of concentration, visual and hearing disturbances (including
photophobia, blurred vision, transient blindness, hearing loss and ringing in the ears), sweating, restlessness,
vomiting, shaking, confusion, flushed skin, panic, parathesis (a sensation of numbness in the extremities),
disorientation, convulsions, unconsciousness, coma, and death.
2,400
The people should wear mask I wear a mask I wear I wear a mask peel facial and protected eyeglasses also carry my spray mace people in Washington state on us so app to pull your mask off your face but just in case we got somebody from a red state that think they’re going to pull my mask off all right she’ll they will get sprayed in the face with my mace just that’s just it and I feel sorry I’m praying for all the people in the red States and if those people that don’t want to wear a mask don’t wear none the people that do where your man and keep yourself safe from those people also carry alcohol and Lysol and a ball to spray so if I’m in an elevator someplace somebody came in without a mask I spray the whole elevator before I get in it because those remnants are still in the air and the alveolar God bless all the red States I hope somebody stands on them that does right by you that supposed to God bless you guys looking after you
The one thing I feel I believe in God I mean here at he runs my life everyday I’m not perfect but I try to treat people as I want to be treated God sees everything that’s happening but God said he would never intervene in our lives again but one thing I do know if God came down here he would be persecuted all over again about these people in these red States not knowing he’s God so we as human beings as people and children of God if we’re being abuse in this world from these Governors and these red States and the president imagine what would happen if God was down here talking for the people just imagine he would go through the same thing as us
One thing my great-grandmother told my grandmother what’s I really never forgot until right now she said that this day was coming I don’t know how they knew that but they knew this day was coming they also my grandmother and great-grandmother said that it will change the world for the better.
nursing homes in Michigan and New York had mandated mask rules.. people still died at alarming rates… WHY
The president of the United States is causing a lot of problems against China and maybe a lot of people maybe don’t know I have heard I know that history we owe China billions of dollars billions of dollars they don’t have to do anything to us but call the United States the president on the money that we owe them we don’t have the money to pay them they can put a stop to the United States and A1 spoof of their hand
Too much politics. Wear a mask and get this virus under control.
THAT S ALL
Kemp? Doesn’t he know that the orange man is “now all for masks?”
That’s what it looks like when leadership can’t stand up against wrong doing even when they are the judges. No balls or pride at all.
Brian Kemp, like Trumpy 🐻 and the 666 mob, are purposely allowing as many black and Latino voters to die from coronavirus as possible. At the same time the Republicans are using other methods of culling the Democratic vote to insure conservative candidates success in the November elections. Brian you and you’re fellow Republicans are in for a rude awakening. Republican voters are dying too.
People are dying and getting infected and the governors is worried about offending some people…concentrate on saving American lives and do your job you were elected to do protect Americans from dying…this is no time to worry about civil liberties and all other important constitutional rights…it is time to save Americans from dying…this is a national deadly virus and we should do what is best for all Americans…this is no time to fight and waste time on protocols…find out what China did against the CORONAVIRUS to stop it in wuhan city and let us do the same and save lives
GEORGIA & FLORIDA F*CKED UP & CHOSE THE WRONG GOVERNORS BUT THEY’RE PAYING FOR IT WITH THE HEALTH, LIVES & JOBS TOO BUT WE’LL SEE IF THEY LEARN DURING THE NEXT ELECTION!!✌😷
Ah. He put his neck in a noose to make Trump happy and now Trump says WEAR A MASK. Trump has really made the governor look a fool.
Try a little common sense if it saves people , from getting infected wear a mask.
So the state can mandate seatbelts and clothes, neither of which prevent the death of others, but the state has no power to make people wear masks to protect people from each other. Got it.
is it ironic that the person reporting on a mask mandate is not wearing a mask herself? Or just a happy accident?
American ignorance is unmatched.
Get a hold on it! Your state is in TROUBLE.
The best argument I have heard from the mask proponents is what about smoking. Nobody is entitle to smoke in bars, stores, restaurants, trains and planes. I am Libertarian, but I accept the fact that I am not entitle not to wear a mask and risk the lifes of other people. I still have the right not shop in businesses, which restrict my rights not to wear a mask. Folks rulles are rules, without rules it’s going to be a jingle out there. I assume that nobody is suggesting that we live in a lawless country.
If I get sick I am going to sue him
All you judges are failing to do your job
Kemp is Trump slaves.
It appears to me, the judges don’t want to touch this case because it’s a waste of their time!!