Yes, why?

Mayor Breed responds to Trump's town hall: 'Why are we still listening to the president?'

By Alyssa Pereira

San Francisco Mayor London Breed made an appearance on KGO on Tuesday afternoon to elaborate on her warnings to San Francisco residents on Monday, and to respond to comments made by President Donald Trump in a virtual town hall Tuesday afternoon.

Speaking with anchors Kristen Sze and Reggie Aqui, Breed reiterated she hopes that the city of San Francisco doesn't have to decide to close public parks to stunt the spread of coronavirus, but that she's concerned residents are still not adequately following social distancing guidelines.

"We don't want to get to a point where we have to close down everything in order to get people to comply. We know people need fresh air; they need to get out with their families they live with is most appropriate," she said. "But when you start adding friends and you're having meet-ups ... and you're not doing what we've asked you to do by social distancing with people who are not a part of your household, you are putting lives in danger."

Aqui then asked Breed to respond to comments made by Trump earlier Tuesday regarding his hopes to open the country to business by Easter on April 12. In a one-on-one after the town hall with Fox News correspondent Bill Henner this morning, Trump said he wanted to reopen businesses by Easter, adding that he wanted to see "packed churches" for the holiday.

Breed had a blunt answer to Aqui's prompt.

"My response is, 'Why are we still listening to the president?'" she replied. "We've demonstrated we have to jump in and make this work without government support. ... The federal government just isn't moving fast enough."

The mayor also spoke to the status of hospitals and medical resources ahead of the peak of coronavirus, saying that the federal response to the crisis has been lacking.

"The fact is we knew this was going to be a problem a long time ago," she continued. "This is when real leadership from the federal government should have happened, to prepare for this, to make sure hospitals all over this country have what they need. The fact that it's difficult to get things from other countries because of various federal issues is ridiculous, especially when we need these things the most ... . We're trying to make sure we have what we need."

Breed added she appealed to private companies in the area to manufacture medical supplies to assist hospitals.

"This is going to impact all of us," she said. "No one is immune from contracting it and so we're all in this together."