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Originally Posted by JamesB
de·fy
/dəˈfī/
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verb
gerund or present participle: defying
openly resist or refuse to obey.
"a woman who defies convention"
(of a thing) make (an action or quality) almost impossible.
"his actions defy belief"
One more time. The governor controls health issues as they are a state responsibility. The governor had lifted restrictions on public gatherings. Some health experts had suggested it was a bad idea. Trump and the governor disagreed. He was not defying he was ignoring.
Also if you look at the links I posted above you can also see that not all public health officials are against all gatherings. If they had been a little more consistent in their advice perhaps both Trump and the governor would have taken the advice.
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So, is Trump ignoring or defying face masks?
Those governors ignored the warnings, at the bequest of Trump, who defied those issuing the warnings.
And once again, this is a national problem requiring a nationally cohesive approach. Turning it over to states who may or not comply was a cop out on Trumps behalf. To continue defying the experts is ignorant to the core.