Trump orders governors to open churches after insisting he wouldn't tell them what to do

By Josh Israel -May 22, 2020 2:42 PM

He said previously that governors would get to 'call your own shots' on reopening.

Donald Trump demanded that state governors allow churches and other houses of worship to reopen immediately on Friday, contradicting his earlier promise that he would let them make their own determinations about how to safely reopen their states.

"Today, I am identifying houses of worship — churches, synagogues, and mosques — as essential places that provide essential services," he announced at a press briefing. "Some governors have deemed the liquor stores and abortion clinics as essential, but have left out churches and other houses of worship. It's not right. So I'm correcting this injustice and calling houses of worship essential."

Trump said he was calling on all governors "to allow our churches and places of worship to open right now."

"If there's any question, they're gonna have to call me but they're not gonna be successful in that call," he promised, adding that if they do not, he would "override" their decisions.

Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.

https://americanindependent.com/donald-trump-churches-reopen-coronavirus-religion-governors-covid-19/

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"You're going to call your own shots," Trump told them in a conference call, according to an audio recording obtained by the Associated Press. "We're going to be standing alongside of you."

Trump's latest announcement comes just days after churches in Georgia and Texas reopened — and quickly closed again due to new coronavirus infections in parishioners and clergy.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 22,860 new daily cases of coronavirus cases on Thursday and nearly 1,400 new deaths."


So the pie hole speaks again, (reference picture), thinks that he can run the country like business and just order people to do what he wants................. so while the country is being inundated by a virus..........this lunatic wants to add more bodies to the Rome is burning picture ..........running between his born again christian ears..................