316,000
316,000 /-] DEMOCRATIC P-TURNOUT IS
BECAUSE
BECAUSE OF THE STATE RUNOFF BETWEEN HAGER AND RICE.óoM
HOUSTON MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER
A DEMOCRATQ)
SP
CUSTOMS
CUSTOMS WEEK WHEN HE PUT -- I THE TEXAS REPUBLICAN PARTY
CONVENTION.
THE TEXAS REPUBLICAN PARTY ó■NVENTION.
THE TEXAS REPUBLICAN PARTY ó■H#owg#çN.
ó■H#owg#çN. THE CONVENTION WAS SCHEDULED TO
TAKE PLACE THIS UPCOMING WEEK
IN HOUSTON.
IN HOUSTON. THE );CITY HAS XE
THE PER CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
AND THE MAYOR
AND SAFETY REASONS, HE DID NOT
WANT THE GOP TO GO ON.
THE REPUBLICAN CHAIR, MATT, IS ■
OUR FIRST GUEST.
>> THANK Ñ.'YOU FOR BEING WITH
THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING. I APPRECIATE IT.
MADE THE cwWRONG CALL.
SO WHAT WAS WRONG WITH WHAT THE
MAYOR DID?
MAYOR DID? >> I WILL START BY SAYING THAT
THERE IS NO PERFECT OPTION HERE■
>> I WILL START BY SAYING THAT THERE IS NO PERFECT OPTION HERE$
YOU MKNOW, THERE ARE RISKS IN
DOING AN EVENT ó[Ñu
YOU MKNOW, THERE ARE RISKS IN ç■AN EVENT ó[Ñu
YOU MKNOW, THERE ARE RISKS IN ç■LIKE ENT ó[Ñu
YOU MKNOW, THERE ARE RISKS IN ç■LIKE THIS. Ñu
YOU HAVE PEOPLE
ALL OVER THE STATE OF TEXAS.
PERHAPS BRINGING 1+gCORONAVIRUS
WITH THEM IF THEY ARE IS
SYMPTOMATIC.
SYMPTOMATIC. BUT THEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, BY
CONGREGATING TOGETHER, EVEN IF
YOU DO IT "N2AS SAFELY AS POSSI,
YOU COULD CONTRACT THE VIRUS
AND TAKE #u
SBACK
SBACK TO
SBACK TO WHEREVER
YOU
YOU LIVED. >> SURE.
>> SURE.
>> SURE. >> THAT IS
SPREADS.
SPREADS.
SPREADS. THAT IS ALMOST A WIDE M■
SPREADS. THAT IS ALMOST A WIDE M■BASIS.
THAT SAID, I KNOW THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS W%aur
REQUIRING AS ITN0r
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS W%aur REQUIRING AS ITN0rRELATES TO TH
CORONAVIRUS PUBLIC HEALTH oo
GUIDELINES. THEY CANCELED ALL KINDS OF
EVENTS(d
EVENTS(d
EVENTS(d A STATE CONVENTION.
THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE HAND ■
SANITIZERS ,!NON SIDE.
q]oCJ% @c4THEY WERE GOING TO DO
TEMPERATURE CHECKS.
TEMPERATURE CHECKS. AND THEY WERE STRONGLY
ENCOURAGING MASKS AND IN FACT,
WE ARE GOING TO BE HEADING OUT
MASKS FOR FREE.
I)
I)
I) THE
I) THE BIGGEST 9)DñTHING THAT IS A
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. >> HOW x4SO? Cs VYmêrñYEAH, IQ
FIVE P'pv:HBEFORE IT STARTED.
YOU KNOW, HE MADE UP HIS MIND.
WE SAY GO THAT HE 8G÷DID WANT T
EVENT TO HAPPEN BUT HE JUST DID
NOT HAVE THE FULL SOLE
AUTHORITY TO CANCEL 1+gIT.
IT HAD TO BE CANCELED 4ó■
AUTHORITY TO CANCEL 1+gIT. IT HAD TO BE CANCELED 4ó■BY
HOUSTON FIRST, A NONPROFIT.
HE BASICALLY TOLD THEM THEY HAD
TO CANCEL IT SO THEY oo
HE
EXERCISED
EXERCISED THE CONTRACT.
CONTRACT.
CONTRACT. I THINK SPECIFICUyREFERENCES
A PANDEMIC TO ULTIMATELY ét■
I THINK SPECIFICUyREFERENCES A PANDEMIC TO ULTIMATELY ét■CAN
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> SIR, ARE YOU SAYING THAT IT .
WAS JUSTNKt■
>> SIR, ARE YOU SAYING THAT IT . WAS JUSTNKt■06 POOR MANAGEMENT
WERE POLITICS INVOLVED HE ISc■
DEMOCRAT AND IT IS THE
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION?
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION? >> I HOPE THERE WAS NO POLITICS
INVOLVED.-
■
■4!mMúf■
■4!mMúf■AWXWé
THE
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS A NONPARTISAN OFFICE, BUT HE HAS
CERTAINLY BEEN A DEMOCRAT.
IT IS MORE A 8zQUESTION OF
TIMING.
TIMING.
TIMING. THIS A)3ñIS WHAT THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY OF TEXAS LAWSUIT
REFERENCES.
REFERENCES. YOU HAD MASSIVE PROTESTS IN
HOUSTON ABOUT THE p■
YOU HAD MASSIVE PROTESTS IN HOUSTON ABOUT THE p■SENSELESS
KILLING THAT WE SAW IN M7
MINNESOTA.
MINNESOTA. AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN PUBLIC
WEARING MASKS, SOME NOT.
NOT MAINTAINING SOCIAL hÑ
DISTANCE.
DISTANCE.
DISTANCE. SO FOR THE MAYOhY@=MAKE A
DECISION BETWEEN A PROTEST,
WHICH IS A LARGE GATHERING,
HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, OUTDOORS
VERSUS AN INDOOR LUNCH
GATHERING, MAKING BO
IS OKAY BUT THE OTHER IS NOT.
I THINK THAT @<■
IS OKAY BUT THE OTHER IS NOT. I THINK THAT @<■DOES RACED THE
QUESTION WHETHER POLITICS IS
PART OF THIS.
>>-■
PART OF THIS. >>-■msXñYOU KIND OF GET TO THE
CALL ASPECT OF GETTING A LEADER
AT THIS POINT.
MOVIE TO THE GOVERNOR, WHO HAS
MADE ESSENTIALLY ALL THE CALLS
UP TO NOW. hÑ
AND WE ARE
HEALTH.
HEALTH.
HEALTH. DID HE REOPENED TOO SOON?
IS THERE BLAME FOR WHAT WE ARE
SEEING NOW?
SEEING NOW? >> WELL, I THINK THE CAUSE OF
WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE NOW A/;
KIND OF gkb■
WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE NOW A/; KIND OF gkb■COMPLICATED.
IT IS MIX OF FACTOR.
YES, THE REOPENING AS PART OF
IT.
IT.
IT. WE
IT. WE HAVE ALSO TES9dALL OF OUR ;
NURSING HOMESó[Ñ AT MORE THAN H
OF OUR PRISON POPULATION.
THAT AS PART OF IT.&Sw@c4a
v:■
YOUNG
YOUNG PEOPLE CONGREGATING TOGETHER, GOING TO BARS, THAT
IS PART OF IT.
AND DO YOU
THAT OCCURRED THREE OR FOUR
WEEKS AGO, WHICH AWQTAKE 14 ='D
THAT OCCURRED THREE OR FOUR WEEKS AGO, WHICH AWQTAKE 14 ='Do
TO START SHOWING UP, IS PART OF
IT AS WELL.
THE GOVERNOR SAID IN THE VERY
BEGINNING, HE KNEW THAT THERE
WOULD BE MORE CASES IF WE
REOPEN.
REOPEN.
REOPEN. WE WANTED TO TRY TO SAVE THE
ECONOMY.
ECONOMY.
ECONOMY. HE IS THE ONLY PERSON WITH
STATEWIDE RESPONSIBILITY WHO
HAS TO BALANCE ct,ñTHE PUBLIC
HEALTH NEEDS WITH XGgTHE ECONOM
IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK L=TO A
SHUTDOWN, WHAT ARE THE
GOING BACK TO A SHUTDOWN?
HOW MANY KoÑJOBS ARE YOU WILLIN
TO LOSE?
TO LOSE?
TO LOSE? WHAT wokARE THE PUBLIC HEALTH
CONSEQUENCES IN TERMS OF
SUICIDE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
PROBLEMS?
PROBLEMS?
PROBLEMS? >> THAT pFL■
PROBLEMS? >> THAT pFL■IS p
FOR
QUESTION.
QUESTION. WHEN YOU LOOK BACK uON IT,P
DECISION TO OPEN APPEARS TI
HAVE BEEN TOO EARLY IN x4Ko■
DECISION TO OPEN APPEARS TI HAVE BEEN TOO EARLY IN x4Ko■TER
AT LEAST THE PUBLIC HEALTH
NUMBERS, DOES IT NOT?.
SO WE STARTED PHASE ONE ON THE
FIRST.
FIRST.
FIRST. AND WE SAW ALMOST NO eEnu/"
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MONTH -9■
MAY?
MAY?
MAY? RIGHT?
RIGHT?
RIGHT? THAT IS WHY I DON'T KNOW THAT
YOU CAN STRICTLY F'úCONNECTED T
THE O7bREOPENING. é2whF%
AGAIN, I THINK THE So3REOPENING
THE O7bREOPENING. é2whF% AGAIN, I THINK THE So3REOPENINGd
ONE OF
ONE OF
ONE OF I
ONE OF I SAID A MINUTE AGO.
HE PAUSED THE REOPENING.
YOU TAKE ADDITIONAL STEPS.
WE DON'T HAVE THIS TURN RIGHT
IN /ñNEXT WEEK, HE MAY GO TO
SOME TYPE OF PARTIAL
OR EVEN EXERCISING SOME
DISCUSSION THERE.
DISCUSSION THERE. HE IS GETTING HIT H■■
DISCUSSION THERE. HE IS GETTING HIT H■■FROM ALL
SIDES.
SIDES.
SIDES. THERE'S NO QUESTION.
HE IS IN )
PO>n.R(p&LY.
PO>n.R(p&LY. AGAIN, HE IS TRYING TO BALANCE
PUBLIC HEALTH WITH THE ECONOMY
AND THAT SOMETIMES, THAT MAKES
YOU MAKÑkt-9■
AND THAT SOMETIMES, THAT MAKES YOU MAKÑkt-9■A DIFFICULT CHOICE
WHAT ABOUT THE "N
■
■LEGISLATURE? 6'■
■LEGISLATURE? 6'■hF%
THE
THE GOVERNOR ñHAS MADE @c=ALL T CALLS.
CALLS.
CALLS. THE LEGISLATURE IS S7■
CALLS. THE LEGISLATURE IS S7■SEEMINGLY
PRETTY
ILENT.
WITHc■
WITHc■ A
WITHc■ A SPECIAL SESSION BE CALLED HERE, WHERE THE
LEGISLATURE CAN GET INVOLVED TO
BE
BE
BE DECISIONS?
DECISIONS? WHAT hF7IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY?
>> I =ñTHINK IT IS REALLY
UNLIKELY THAT A SPECIAL SESSION
WILL BE CALLED.
YOU KNOW THERE ARE SOME ■
WILL BE CALLED. YOU KNOW THERE ARE SOME ■ç()■
LEGISLATORS.
LEGISLATORS. IN FACT, SOME ON THE LEFT AND
SOME ON THE RIGHT WHO HAVE
ASKED FOR ONE.
ON THE RIGHT, THEY THINK IT IS
BECAUSEg ABBOTT HAS GONE TOO
FAR.
FAR.
FAR. I
FAR. I THINK A SPECIAL SESSION IS
UNLIKELY AND THE GOVERNOR HATES
SPECIAL SESSIONS.
SPECIAL SESSIONS. IT IS NOT
IT IS NOT
IT IS NOT NEC%MeRY.
NEC%MeRY.
NEC%MeRY. THIS IS AN EXECUTIVE BRANCH
FUNCTION 4÷IN TERMS OF THE