I told the governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp, that I disagree strongly with his decision to open certain facilities which are in violation of the phase one guidelines for the incredible people of Georgia.

They're incredible people. I love those people. They are great.

I know a lot about economists, and the answer is they have no idea. I think I have as good an idea as anybody.

We're taking very special care of our nursing homes and our seniors other than me. Other than me,

nobody wants to take care of me.

Hey, everybody.

Welcome to the Muck Rake podcast.

My name is Nick Houselman, and I'm the co-host, along with Jerry Y. Sexton.

And it's going to be a nice front Friday talk today, especially because I'm thinking about driving all the way to Georgia because I really need a tattoo of a dolphin on the outside of my ankle.

And Jared, it seems like the perfect time to head over there and get one.

Hey, the state of Georgia is open for business people.

I mean, you know, yes, our cases of coronavirus are skyrocketing.

We're having dozens of deaths every single day.

Albany, Georgia is one of the epicenters of this entire panic.

But our amazing governor, Brian Kemp, who didn't know until about a month into the crisis

that people could spread this when they were asymptomatic.

In all of his wisdom decided to open up these businesses, tattoo parlors, bowling alleys, massage parlors,

you know, the really, really essential businesses.

And here's the thing as a resident of Georgia.

Any time that you can get a governor who wins the governorship by, you know, driving around in his big truck and telling his

commercials that he's going to round up immigrants and take him back to the border, or, I don't know,

trains his shotgun on a young man in order to make a campaign ad you got to trust this person in a crisis

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