"Dr. Fauci says that every state at this point should have a shelter-in-place. So what is your response to him?" a reporter asked Reynolds at a Johnston, Iowa press conference Friday.
"Maybe [Dr. Fauci] doesn't have all the information," the GOP governor replied."You can't just look at a map and assume that no action has been taken. That is completely false." "I would say to [Fauci], does he recognize that we have closed down schools?" Reynolds continued."Is he aware of the various businesses that have been closed, the restaurants and bars that have been closed through April 30. We have implemented no social gatherings of more than 10 people.
"We know that this has a significant impact on Iowans, when we ask them to really be responsible and stay home as much as possible," Reynolds."All of that takes a toll on everyone. We love our families, but at some point it's hard. And so all of these decisions can have an underlying effect on Iowans, and so we have to also manage that. That's why we encourage people to get outdoors, get in your car and go for a drive. Just don't gather.
The governor on Friday announced 85 new positive COVID-19 cases in the state, bringing Iowa's total to 699 confirmed cases and 11 deaths tied coronavirus. Iowa joins North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Arkansas as the five states that currently have no official shelter-in-place orders.request for additional comments Saturday morning.
This aged well
How stupid can she be? This is not going to end well for her!
Then non of your residents, nor any if the 8 states that live in your non shut down states should get Trump's stimulus checks. None. The checks are for those that are losing jobs due to being effected by covid19. They obviously aren't, so they shouldn't get it.
to many republicans, science is UNbelieveable, those in office exacerbate the view
What AlternateFacts is she operating from? What is she going say when the American Death toll surpasses the Korean War (38k) in the next 2 weeks? “38,000 American Whoopsie”
What a twit. Let me guess ... a Republican
When the hospitalizations and deaths start, the real blame should be on the people that elected them.
Sure thing, IAGovernor, this is total horse hockey. You should go into those hospitals and help them out, show them how to do it right! Wearing a mask will make you look like a Democrat.
Poor Iowa will suffer as a result
WHAT?!?!
Animal
There’s only 100 people in Iowa...
She shouldnt be lashing out she should consider this new information in the context of his experience
So the idiot Republicans continue to hate America.
“we don’t tell him how to grow corn...”
Idiot‼️
Wow. Just wow.
We need to vote her out!
People like this are why the mortality rates keep rising.
But you do?
I’d say he knows a lot more than you about it
.KimReynoldsIA Another governor that does not get it. She should get in a room with GovRonDeSantis GovKemp and the others who have zero clue and sneeze all over one another
Is this why the Pentagon is holding out on the National stockpiles of medical supplies? Is Trump just waiting to look like a hero to only red states for his election Asking for a friend.
Unbelievable! The Gigantic Hubris of these Politicians Who Talk Absolute Bullshit like this, is SO DANGEROUS. Dr. Gauci is doing the Very Best he can; the Least he should expect is that politicians Support Him. To care for their constituents.
Typical science-denying Republiclan. She'd rather believe the My Pillow guy or Jared Kushner.
Fucking Iowa does?
Iowa ? Remember the Caucus
Former governor come next election!
Are you kidding me? And you do? 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
That's it Governor bury your head in the sand and pray it goes away. I hope Iowa has enough body bags they are going to need them.
And you do?
Maybe the info is getting to Iowa
“ Maybe Dr. Fauci doesn’t have all the information”, He’s a world renowned physician whose life’s work has been on viruses and she’s an Iowa governor… She should probably listen to the experts
That's one possibility. Another, more likely scenario is you're on the take, and some powerful or wealthy entities with a bested interest on people not being on home lock down have paid you to keep shit open... or, you could just be an idiot. There's a lot of that going around.
This is why it is spreading. Dumbasses like her. Where is her medical degree?
Maybe you’re a covidiot
My family in Iowa tells me people cough up their lungs at Walmart w/o facemask. Wonderful leadership - and then one wonders why people think this is the anti-science party.
You’ve got to lock down the hot spots TIGHT and open the businesses elsewhere when you can. Let citizens of each county know their economic success depends on their effort to stop the spread.
OMFG!
Really bad! Glad I don’t live in Iowa!
Idiots keep popping up everywhere...
What?
Well I trust Dr Fauci’s information much more than I would ever trust Governor Reynold. Dr Fauci is a scientist & Reynolds is a politician who wants to please the current respond the WH.
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Those risks she mentioned are there for all the states that have state wide stay in's. Not to mention there is a Domestic Abuse hotline. Nevertheless. Allow her to be convinced the hard way.
Just incredible the stupidity displayed
WTH?!! idiot
Thats right, to hell with medical professional. They think they know all this science stuff. She will be the next POTUS
Backwards maga fools
Ya that’s it - Dr Fauci doesn’t have all the information. Honestly we have some seriously inept leaders.
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10-1 she’s a Republican. They seem devoid of intelligence
You can't wake a sleeper. Whistles also don't drive the government in wheelchairs to start running. The idea of celibacy can only lead to the overall collapse of human society, economy and morality.
How stupid, people are acting like petulant children in all this, they need to be told what to do, this governor is making a foolish mistake that will cost lives, it doesnt matter if its groups less than 10, all it takes is one person to infect another.
Apparently neither do you governor but I’m putting my money on the expert. Psst...it’s not you.
Ignorance
He has the knowledge that governor is an idiot
Lock this clown up.
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Maybe he doesn't? Thats the reason? Because he might be wrong? This governor might be stupid.
Dear Iowa, Do better. Signed, All of us
And what information does she have that an infectious disease EXPERT like Dr Fauci doesn’t? She’s a mere politician who studied clothing sales & design, took some acctg classes ended up dropping out until eventually finally earning a degree in LIBERAL ARTS & getting two DWIs!!!
Is it something in the water there or just plain ignorance that fuels the stupidity coming out of the elected officials in this state?
Republicans are waging a campaign against Dr gaucho because of contradictions of Trumps lies and misinformation
Shame on you again Newsweek for a splashy out-of-context quote in a headline.
Mother Nature will work her magic in Iowa.
DeanObeidallah And maybe pigs will fly someday. You now have 786 cases and all the science of covid-19 applies. You put people's lives at risk. You made the wrong call.
savelivesstayhome Early on Oregon shutdown movement and has closed all trails and rec areas. They don’t need the respirators. NY needs all the help they can get. As the hotspots shift, help will shift. UnitedAgainstCOVID19
Yes let's throw caution to the wind. What's a few thousand dead.
DeanObeidallah Why should Iowa be any different from other states? Science is science.
jbcere I think HE has all info - doubt you have
Omg. 🤦🏽♀️
Stupid GOP governors taking chances with people’s lives
Gov needs to go. She is not a specialist on the viruses. She is putting lives in danger. Does she have a brain. Vote her out.
Every single one of the governors who refuse to save people’s lives over the economy should be tried for manslaughter when the virus wipes out thousands of their voters!
nothing to see here folks, Kim Reynolds is just another GOP moron
I know Iowans aren’t stupid. How the hell did you end up with her?
Well when people in Iowa start dying she will at the head of the blame list.
Even in Des Moines, Ames and Iowa City? What an idiot. Dunning Krueger effect. They’d better order some of those body bags ....
In the name of the Father, the Son in Law and the Holy Profit.
Ughh let’s just send everyone who refuses to self quarantine to Iowa and those who actually want to stay healthy can leave.
“Is this hell? No, it’s Iowa”
So? It's still spreading in states and countries on lockdown. Face it, we're all going to be carriers.
My Dad had a saying to us kids—don’t say anything about topics you know nothing about, why Dad? So others actually think you know something. If you speak, they will know you know nothing about the topic. Let them think you are smart!!
With 'guidance,' I suspect from Senators Grassley and Ernst. Oh, and Steve King, from the racist wing.
She's my governor, and she is definitely NOT into 'information'.
Yes! People who has the underlying conditions that make them vulnerable need to stay in. The young and healthy should practice social distancing and wear masks.
DeanObeidallah well, her caucuses are over, so there's that.
So this Governor is smarter than Fauci on diseases? Hmmmm sure
Yes, may be he does. I am going with Dr Fauci, not a non medical politician!
I really appreciate it when people go against the doctor's orders in a medical situation. Makes perfect sense.
Narrator: He does
The Iowa corn is powerful
Idiot
Your are gonna die by the Hundreds. Get ready, its coming. You are close to Chicago. They are gonna get hammered too just like Minneapolis will and all other major cities. My daughters are Iowan. They listen to me because I am seeing people die by the hundreds here in Spain.
Another imbecile!
Governor who dropped out of three colleges between 1977 and 1995 (while getting arrested twice for DUI) before finally getting a degree in 2016 thinks she knows more than an accomplished medical professional. America in 2020.
Let's wait for se nice hot spots and virus clusters in Iowa in the coming two weeks How stupid can people be?
Iowa IAGovernor REPUBLICAN Arkansas AsaHutchinson REPUBLICAN Nebraska GovRicketts REPUBLICAN North Dakota DougBurgum REPUBLICAN South Dakota govkristinoem REPUBLICAN I’m sensing a theme here
This picture says it all!
O-m-g I have a bestie in Davenport. She’s taking this more seriously than her governor!
I’m sure the gov of Iowa has all the information though 🙄
Then make sure your citizens don’t enter my state!
Then who the heck does If he doesn’t we all need to just lay down and die!!!
They are counting on just 200,000 dying. We are so far around 8000. So they are assuming they are still safe.
What an uneducated fool!
I’m not a fan of Reynolds but she’s done a pretty good job for our state. That being said, I can’t fathom why she hasn’t ordered a shelter in-place. Half measures aren’t going to cut it and it’s just going to protract the number of deaths and the effects on the economy.
Iowa has had 11 COVID-19 deaths and has 670 active cases, so far.
Seal of the Governor of Iowa
Maybe Dr Fauci does and maybe you are not understanding the seriousness of this situation. Are you watching NY?🤨
DeanObeidallah Message for IAGovernor
... Iowaing. Congrats, stupidasses - the fewer of you the better!
Good on you IAGovernor at some point personal responsibility is a must. Shelter in place simply means people go to the grocery store all the time to see other people.
Governor Kim Reynolds is endangering the lives of ALL AMERICANS with her stupidity. What is wrong with this woman? Stupidity? Wanton Republican partisan games? What could make someone take this risk? Blind allegiance to Trump? Sick.
And maybe she’s just stupid.
The Republican Governor with no medical background whatsoever is going to try and claim that she knows more about a how to appropriately respond to a world-wide viral pandemic than one of the leading doctors & medical experts in the world? That’s Republicans for ya.
I think too much Power and control have been Ceded to this Fauci guy and it's going to his head. There MUST be a balance between Medical Accreditation and the Power of those ELECTED by the people...
And when it hits her state hard, she will say that no one told her that it was bad.
Sure Jan. The nation's leading epidemiologist doesn't have the most current information about a pandemic virus plaguing the US and the world, but somehow the Governor of Iowa does. Hoping residents of Iowa are smarter than their governor is giving them credit for.
And she has all of the information? What is her source?
Idaho is full of those Qanon supporters and randy weaver militia types
DeanObeidallah Being a Republican is hazardous to your health.
Sadly, it isn’t just those Iowans who voted for her that will die from her arrogance and stupidity.
Maybe Gov. Reynolds is an idiot.
Elections have consequences. The people of Iowa need to shoulder some responsibility here. Their loved ones are going to die because of their vote.
DeanObeidallah Why are there so many narcissistic idiots in positions of power
Come on Iowa. Be smart. You can’t escape this!!
DeanObeidallah In case you don't know what a male-defined woman is, watch Iowa's governor IAGovernor
Republican. That explains it.
Her ignorance is killing people. Just like Trump. Just like his religious cultists. His MAGAts. Stupidity is causing the spread and the number of deaths will be astronomical. When the bottom half of the intelligence curve rules, only disaster follows. Can't fix stupid.
Dr Fauci should just give up on America. Everyone knows more than him apparently.
Let me guess, she's a Republican.
They are basically all socialist in Iowa. We’ve all been paying them for the tariffs.
Republicans are terrible at caring for people.
Wonder if she knows that you can have the virus and not show symptoms yet? Could make Georgia’s Governor look smart by comparison.
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Maybe Iowa didn't have a coronavirus parade like NYC did.....
Idiot 🤦♀️
Oh my, another one. Gov. Reynolds is also part of the DumbAss culture Too bad...
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Pitiful.
ASS!!!!!
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