WI Gov. Tony Evers To Trump Ahead of Kenosha Visit: Concerned It ‘Will Only Hinder Our Healing’

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) does not want President Donald Trump to visit the state at the moment.

The president is expected to visit Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, and Evers wants Trump to reconsider. The visit comes after a Black man, 👤Jacob Blake, 29, was shot in the back by a white police officer, which has since stirred unrest.

In a letter to Trump on Sunday, Evers wrote, “I write today to respectfully ask you to reconsider” Tuesday’s visit.

“I am concerned your presence will only hinder our healing,” Evers bluntly wrote, adding that the president’s “presence will only delay our work to overcome division and move forward together.”

The governor continued to express concern that a visit by the president will “require a massive re-direction” of resources “at a time when it is critical that we continue to remain focused on keeping the people of Kenosha safe and supporting the community’s response.”

Evers also noted that he has called on the state’s legislature to come together on Monday to “take up a policing accountability and transparency reform package.”

However, Trump still plans to visit Kenosha, as White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere wrote