Atlanta Mayor Doesn’t Agree With Governor’s Decision to Send in National Guard

Atlanta Mayor Doesn’t Agree With Governor’s Decision to Send in National Guard
Keisha Lance Bottoms, mayor of Atlanta, Ga., speaks at the Concordia Summit in Manhattan, N.Y., on Sept. 24, 2018. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
|Updated:

The Democratic mayor of Atlanta, Keisha Lance Bottoms, said she does not agree with Gov. Brian Kemp’s decision to declare a state of emergency and activate the National Guard.

“The irony of that is that I asked Gov. Kemp to allow us to mandate masks in Atlanta ... but he has called in the National Guard without asking if we needed the National Guard,” Bottoms said in an interview on Tuesday morning.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter who covers a range of topics, including politics, U.S., and health news. A father of two, Jack grew up in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
twitter
Related Topics