"I appreciate his leadership," Kemp said. "I appreciate all the administration has done to support our state. The president and I believe in the exact same thing: we want to keep our citizens safe and we want America to reopen."
Kemp relaxed a monthlong shutdown amid experts' warnings of a potential surge in infections and objections from Trump.
Trump reportedly called Kemp on Wednesday to urge him to ease off on the plan, but Kemp refused. Trump then criticized him at the White House press briefing.
"I told the governor of Georgia Brian Kemp that I disagree strongly with his decision to open certain facilities," Trump said at the time. "He knows what he's doing."
On Thursday,
