![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "I think the president has made the right decisions for the right reasons," Barr said.Īfter the 30-day period of the Trump administration's coronavirus mitigation measures elapsed at the end of April, he said, "I think we have to allow people to adapt more than we have and not just tell people to go home and hide under the bed, but allow them to use other ways – social distancing and other means – to protect themselves." Officials, Barr said, should be "very careful to make sure.that the draconian measures that are being adopted are fully justified, and there are not alternative ways of protecting people."īut the attorney general said given where things stood with the virus in March, he believes President Donald Trump made the right decision in issuing strict social distancing guidelines. Watch Video: Donald Trump extends social distancing guidelines to slow coronavirus spreadĪttorney General William Barr Wednesday called the restrictions in effect in many states to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus "draconian" and said they should be revisited next month.Īsked by Fox News host Laura Ingraham about the balance between religious freedoms and the need to protect people from the coronavirus with restrictions like stay-at-home orders, Barr said the federal government would be "keeping a careful eye on" states' use of broad powers to regulate the lives of their citizens. ![]()
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