Nashville, Tenn., Mayor John Cooper (D) on Monday said that he has not spoken directly to President Trump since the intentional detonation of an RV in the city’s downtown on Christmas.
“No, I haven’t,” Cooper told CNN when asked if he had heard from the president since the bombing.
However, Cooper credited Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) for lobbying the president for a federal disaster declaration in the wake of the blast.
“Our senior senator I know talked to him yesterday, she said, and he apparently had been following the news very closely and was committing help from the federal government aspect for which we are grateful and we’ll need that,” he told CNN.
Cooper added that the damage to the city’s 2nd Avenue would compound the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic on local businesses.
“You’ve got facades that are in danger, windows shattered. People are going to have to expect it’s going to be months before it’s back to normal,” he said.
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