Virginia governor says 'this is not the time for protest' as Trump links anti-social distancing demonstrations to Second Amendment rights

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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam responded to President Donald Trump's call for Americans to "LIBERATE VIRGINIA" and save their Second Amendment right to bear arms.
"He has chosen to focus on protest, and this is not the time for protest," Northam, a Democrat, told CNN's Jake Tapper Sunday.
Northam pointed to Trump's inability "to deliver on tests" while calling on citizens to protest social distancing guidelines.
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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam responded to President Donald Trump's call for his state and others to "liberate" from stay-at-home orders and said state governors do not have adequate testing to implement White House's three-phase plan to re-open the US.

"This is not the time for divisiveness," Northam (D-Va.) told Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday, as demonstrators across the country continue to break social distancing guidelines to protest state's stay-at-home orders. "This is time for leadership that will stand up and provide empathy, that will understand what is going on in this country of ours with this pandemic. It's the time for truth and its the time to bring people together."

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