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Brian Kemp: “When the second wave came back by, we didn't shut down…”

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 12:33

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. (12:33–12:40)

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Asserts that Georgia did not shut down restaurants and bars during the second COVID-19 wave.

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