Separation of Church and State means neither the president nor the governors have the power to direct them to re-open.
"If they don't do it, I will override the governors," Trump says of reopening churches

May 22, 2020 · 6:44 PM UTC

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Or closed them. It goes both ways
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They seem to have the power to arrest you when FREE AMERICANS decide to go to church! If president Trump needs to come and help so be it. Church is essential to many, as is the food stores....or liquor stores. Fully capable of following social distancing.
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I see but they have the power to close them?
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You didn’t have a word for the Hasidic Jewish community in New York that put millions of marginalized people at risk by ignoring the pandemic nor the Muslims in London that were ignoring it. You just hate evangelicals it seems.
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not forcing them to open they’re just saying they can
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He's not saying that he'll override the churches themselves, He's saying he'll override the governor's orders that are keeping the churches closed. It's shitty, but not for that specific reason
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yass make them pay taxes too 😍
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You don't have the right to close them in the first place
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Umm, shouldn’t that also mean they don’t have to power to close them down in the first place?
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