Alaska has been a leader amid the global coronavirus pandemic in getting direct aid to its residents and protecting its vulnerable citizens, but Alaska GOP Gov. Mike Dunleavy still backs President Donald Trump's call for $2,000 impact payments.
"I agree with the president: The people in this country need the money in their pocket now, so they can take care of the bills that they've been putting off, especially those who have lost their jobs," Gov. Dunleavy told Fox News' "America News HQ."
"So this is the time to do it, not six months from now, not a year from now."
Alaska's economy, mostly the oil industry, has been harder hit than the public health. Alaska has reported just 199 deaths to COVID-19.
Now, Gov. Dunleavy says 61,000 vaccine doses are going to be distributed in the great state.
"We're moving pretty rapidly and we believe in the next few weeks, it's going to make a huge difference, especially once we vaccinated all those folks who are the most vulnerable, all of our first-line healthcare workers," Dunleavy said.
"We believe we will see our numbers will go down further and I think Alaska will be one of the first states to really be able to say that we've got this in the rear-view mirror here in a couple of months."
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