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30 Mar, 9 tweets, 4 min read
TIMELINE THREAD: From day one, Gov. @TateReeves' approach to the novel coronavirus pandemic has been to follow the virus' lead.

Repeatedly, instead of proactive measures to stop #COVID19 from pushing us to crisis mode, he waits until we are deep into crisis to take action.
ROUND 1

March 11, 2020: MS confirms 1st case as WHO declares pandemic. Gov. Reeves is vacationing in Spain.

March 24, 2020: Reeves will "wait-&-see" before issuing shelter-in-place order (1 Dead)

April 1, 2020: Reeves issues "shelter" order (22 Dead)mississippifreepress.org/9913/mississip…
ROUND 2

June 26, 2020: Dr. Dobbs predicts mass death, hospitals overwhelmed. (1,022 Dead)

July 9: Health leaders beg for mask mandate as ICUs fill up. (1,204 Dead)

Aug. 4: Reeves issues mask mandate, says: "I want to see college football." (1,753 dead) mississippifreepress.org/9913/mississip…
ROUND 3

Sept. 30: Warnings as Reeves ends mandate. (2,969 dead)

Oct. 12: Hospitalizations rising again. (3,101)

Nov. 12: Jackson at 0 ICU beds. (3,514)

Nov. 23: Experts: Reissue mandate. (3,676)

Nov. 24: Reeves: "So-called experts" are wrong. (3,729)
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Nov. 30: MS breaks hospitalization record. (3,807 dead)

Dec. 1: Reeves tells @NickJudin it is "fundamentally inaccurate" for him to say we are at a new peak. (3,836)

Dec. 2: MS blows past its prior one-day case record with 2,457 new cases. (3,851)
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Dec. 7: Dobbs: Over 1,000 will in month. (3,961 dead)

Dec. 9: Reeves ignores calls for statewide mandate, adds county-level mask orders to 60 of 82 counties, focused on only ones at crisis levels. (4,041)

Dec. 10: Christmas Party at Gov's mansion. (4,083)
Dec. 22: New one-day death record of 79. Reeves extends mask mandate to 77 of 82 counties, still won't issue statewide order. (4,490 dead)

Dec. 29: New one-day death record of 85. (4,719)

Jan. 4: Hospitals in crisis care mode, all-time highs. (4,884) mississippifreepress.org/9913/mississip…
And now, here we are again, in March 2021.

Health experts, including ones at the CDC, are calling on states to reinstate mask mandates to prevent a new surge.

And Gov. Reeves is mocking experts again because there is no crisis here...yet.
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When folks say Georgia's voting restrictions law "expands" early voting, they're talking it requiring counties to allow Saturday voting & hold 8 hours of early voting.

Large majority Black counties already do this.

So who benefits? 1/6
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This law requires GOP-leaning white to hold early voting on Saturdays & for at least 8 hours (9-5). 2/6
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NEW: U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker is claiming that Georgia's new voter restrictions law "actually expands voting opportunities."

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The news dudes pretending that maybe the intent of the Georgia Jim Crow law isn't so bad & that people are overreacting simply aren't qualified to tell the truth in this moment of peril for democracy.

To bolster his view, he cites the Heritage Foundation.
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31 Mar
BREAKING: After Mississippi lawmakers failed to pass early voting and Gov. Reeves vowed a veto if they did, one lawmaker and some citizens are taking the matter to voters.

They'll file a ballot initiative tomorrow mandating 10 days of early voting. 1/mississippifreepress.org/10802/voting-s…
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