President Trump threatened to “override the governors” to allow churches to open “right now,” Axios reports.
Said Trump: “The governors need to do the right thing and allow these very important essential places of faith to open right now. For this weekend. If they don’t do it, I will override the governors.”
Of course, Trump doesn’t have the authority to do this, which might be why he left the news conference without taking questions.
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
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