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Democratic Governors Hesitating to Reopen States for Political Reasons, Trump
Claims

Steve Herman

   WHITE HOUSE - The governor of North Carolina must make assurances
   "within a week" that Republicans can hold an in-person convention in
   late August or the event will be relocated to another state, President
   Donald Trump said Tuesday.

   The Republican Party plans to spend "millions and millions of dollars"
   in Charlotte for the event to formally renominate the president, but
   "we have a governor that doesn't want to open up the state," Trump said
   of Democrat Roy Cooper.

   A lot of Democratic governors "for political reasons don't want to open
   up their states," Trump claimed.

   "He's been acting very, very slowly and very suspiciously," the
   president added.

   All 50 states have announced at least limited and phased plans to
   reopen their economies, which were crippled by shutdowns due to the
   coronavirus pandemic.

   The country is suffering from record unemployment, with the U.S. gross
   domestic product forecast to shrink an unprecedented 35% in the second
   quarter.

   "We're making very good progress on the economy," Trump said Tuesday,
   pointing to pent-up demand after months of widespread self-isolation
   that he predicts will lead to what he is calling a "transition to
   greatness."

   The president spoke at an event to announce a cap on insulin prices for
   insured senior citizens, which would go into effect next January.

   Insulin is used to treat diabetes, one of the preexisting conditions
   that makes people more susceptible to dying from COVID-19.

   Nearly 100,000 people in the United States have succumbed to the novel
   coronavirus.

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