Doubling down on this apparent strategy, yesterday Gov. Kemp officially banned cities in Georgia from enforcing their own face mask requirements.
Georgia cities with large Black and Hispanic populations like Savannah and Atlanta had passed mask ordinances and their mayors were trying to enforce them.
But Kemp -- backed by Trump's political muscle and authority -- just put an end to all that.
As Georgia's hospitals are reaching capacity and the virus is ripping through communities of people who can't easily telecommute or work from home, the governor is taking an official step that could dramatically increase infection and death rates among low income and minority people across the state.
It's hard to imagine that elected public officials -- even those who won with the help of fraud like Kemp and Trump -- would be so craven as to engage in policies that specifically target minority groups for illness and death.
There has to be another explanation, right?
I just can't figure out what it is.
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