‘We Should Trust Americans, Not Insult Them’: Mississippi Governor Defends Reopening After Biden Slams States For ‘Neanderthal Thinking’
Posted on AllSides March 4th, 2021
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Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves defended the reopening of states, along with the lifting of coronavirus restrictions after President Joe Biden slammed Texas and Mississippi for what he labeled as “Neanderthal thinking.”
On Wednesday, Biden critiqued the decision from Reeves and Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to allow businesses to reopen at 100%, and to do away with a statewide mask requirement, stating that “these masks make a difference,” and that the last thing the country needed was, “Neanderthal thinking.”
“Mississippians don’t need handlers,” Reeves wrote in a tweet, defending...
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