However, then-president Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday (20) that he was against the closing of trade decreed by most state governors as a measure to combat the coronavirus.[106] Doria counters Bolsonaro: "we are doing what he does not do, lead". The governor of São Paulo, João Doria Jr (PSDB), countered today a statement by Bolsonaro and said that the governors are playing the role that would be his, which is to lead in a pandemic moment for the new coronavirus. Earlier in Brasília, Bolsonaro criticized what he called extreme measures, such as "closing shopping malls and fairs".