Tennessee Governor Rejects White House Call To Close Bars, Won’t Issue Mask Mandate
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has turned down White House adviser Deborah Birx’s recommendation that the state should close down its bars and limit indoor seating. Lee, a Republican, gave his response shortly after Birx held a press conference on the matter on Monday, despite his state’s recent spike in coronavirus cases.
irx serves as Coronavirus Response Coordinator for the Trump White House and was appointed as U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator by Barack Obama. She reportedly made the same recommendations to Lee and other state officials behind closed doors.
In response, Lee flatly refused to close down or limit capacity for any establishments currently open in the state and did not give local governments the ability to do it themselves. This leaves only a few parts of the state to close anything without Lee’s approval.
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