Georgia officials send mixed messages on masks: Attorney general says 'wear a mask' despite suing Atlanta over mandate to do so

• Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr filed a lawsuit against the city of Atlanta over its mask mandate. 
• Both Kemp and Carr still encouraged residents to wear masks, despite the fact that Kemp signed an executive order banning localities from enforcing mask mandates of their own. 
• Their actions have sent mixed messages on the issue. 
• Carr said: "This lawsuit is about the rule of law."
• Some were critical of the lawsuit, saying it distracts from needed work addressing the state's surging coronavirus cases. 
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp sued the city of Atlanta over its local mask ordinance after Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said she would defy the state order that barred localities from creating their own ordinances. 

On Wednesday, Kemp barred localities from implementing their own mandates to wear a face-covering to stem the spread of COVID-19 and also issued on executive order extending the state of public emergency. While masks were not required he said they were "strongly encouraged" but not required, Business Insider reported. 

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