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Brian Kemp: “I had Fauci and Burke's and all them on me because we…”

Featuring: Brian Kemp, Republican | Governor of Georgia

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Governor Brian Kemp Discusses Georgia's Business Climate and U.S. Politics at Munich Event

Published | Video Starts at 12:26

… upset of, you know, really the herd mentality that some people in our health departments during COVID and I was a victim of one of those things. I mean, look, I had Fauci and Burke's and all them on me because we weren't doing mass mandates. You know, we didn't. When the second wave came back by, we didn't shut down restaurants and bars too. Right. The reason we didn't is because our contact tracing and the data said that's not where the outbreaks were. (12:26–12:33)

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Asserts that Kemp faced pressure from Fauci and Birx for not implementing mask mandates in Georgia.

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