"We are trying to take liability away from these companies," Trump said in response to a reporter's question on the subject.
"We just don't want that because we want the companies to open and to open strong.
REPORTER: [If companies] have employees come back to work and they get sick will these companies be liable?
… TRUMP: I’ll give you a legal answer to that when we look it up.
Americans for Prosperity, a Koch-backed organization, is also urging lawmakers to protect corporations from responsibility for exposing their workers to the coronavirus.
"Businesses are asking for the right to expose their workers to fatal risks with no consequences.
"If this tweet sounds to you at all anti-business, let me be clear: I am absolutely against businesses profiting by exposing their workers to unconscionable risks of death. »
