On Wednesday, Democrat Las Vegas, Nevada Mayor Carolyn Goodman called for Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) to reopen nonessential businesses shuttered during the coronavirus pandemic, saying the sweeping closures have become “total insanity.”
“This shutdown has become one of total insanity in my opinion, for there is no backup of data as to why we are shut down from the start. No plan in place how to move through the shutdown or how even to come out of it,” she said during a city council meeting.
Goodman cited experts she has spoken with, saying that the coronavirus will simply “be part of what we work through going forward,” arguing it was time to reopen the city.
“We cannot keep our heads in the sand and think it’s going to go away,” she continued. “We’re adults with brains who can know what to do to wash our hands, to take all precautions not to spread this disease.”
The mayor noted Las Vegas’ typically thriving convention and tourism industry, saying the mandated closures by Democrat Gov. Sisolak are “killing us already.”