We have to get our economy rolling so that individuals can get back to work, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves defends decision to lift mask mandates. Unlike Pres. Biden who wants to insult Americans and insult Mississippians, I actually trust Mississippians to make good decisions pic.twitter.com/nr075ayLVo CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 7, 2021
Reeves went on to say that he did not believe it was feasible to completely prevent the virus from spreading. Our objective in Mississippi has never been to get rid of the virus, he said. Our approach has been not only to protect lives, but to protect livelihoods.
Speaking on CNN s State of the Union, Manchin told host Jake Tapper There’s not one senator out of 100 that does not want to raise the minimum wage, Manchin said. Not one.
He went on to explain that he supports raising the minimum wage to a level that would allow a full-time worker to live above the federal poverty line, which he said was how he landed on his suggestion for the new minimum wage level of $11 per hour. Once it gets above $11, it should be indexed so it never becomes a political football again, he added while addressing criticism from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez