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Newsom goes Full Whitmer - chastises beachgoers, warning that defying order could delay reopening California
DO WHAT I SAY! *stamps tiny feet, shakes tiny fists* [SD UT] Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday criticized Californians who defied the statewide stay-at-home order and flocked to beaches this past weekend, saying that ignoring restrictions could prolong the spread of the coronavirus in the state. Newsom's comments come after thousands of beachgoers descended on the coast in Orange and Ventura counties despite his pleas last week to avoid the temptation of doing so during the warm weekend. "This virus doesn't take the weekends off," Newsom said during his daily COVID-19 briefing in Sacramento. "The only thing that will set us back is people stopping to practice physical distancing and appropriate social distancing. That's the only thing that's going to slow down our ability to reopen this economy." Newsom vowed to increase statewide enforcement of the stay-at-home order if necessary and, in a thinly veiled criticism of the cities and counties that saw crowded beaches, said "we'll have a little work to do to improve upon Saturday." "You didn't see those images at L.A. beaches and San Diego beaches and [in] Northern California ... because we had strong guidelines that were not only adopted but were abided by, and we had local partners that supported those efforts," Newsom said. Related: Gavin Newsom: 2020-04-27 Triumph of the Woke Oligarchs Gavin Newsom: 2020-04-27 Newsom's secretive $1-billion mask deal with Chinese automaker sparks bipartisan concerns Gavin Newsom: 2020-04-26 It's Time to Stop Paying Government Salaries Posted by: Frank G 2020-04-28 |
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