Los Angeles dismisses Trump administration warning over 'unlawful' lockdown

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Widely reported comments from a county health official last week that restrictions could last another three months drew the Trump administration's ire.

Eric Garcetti, mayor of Los Angeles, on May 22 dismissed a Trump administration warning that the city's continued lockdown due to coronavirus could be illegal, saying he would not be"pushed by politics."The mayor of Los Angeles Friday dismissed a Trump administration warning that the city's continued lockdown due to coronavirus could be illegal, saying he would not be"pushed by politics.

"We are not guided by politics in this -- we are guided by science, we are guided by collaboration," said Garcetti when asked about the missive at a press conference. Densely-populated Los Angeles county has suffered more than 43,000 confirmed cases, with 2,049 deaths -- well over half of the state's fatalities.

 

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