(CNN) Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams decried Gov. Brian Kemp's decision to allow some Georgia businesses to reopen as endangering low-income workers.

"This is a terrible decision that does not speak well of the governor or of his concern for human life," Abrams said of Kemp's Monday order when speaking to CNN's David Axelrod on an episode of his podcast "The Axe Files" released Thursday.

Abrams' comments come on the heels of a source telling CNN that President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence had both called Kemp on Tuesday night to offer support and praise for his decision to partially reopen starting Friday. However, Trump said the opposite at a news briefing Wednesday -- that he had told Kemp he disagreed "strongly" with the decision.

Abrams, who narrowly lost to Kemp in 2018, also addressed the expanding number of workers who could soon be working on society's front lines as a result of Kemp's order.

"The more insidious part of what he's doing is that he claims this is to support small business owners," Abrams said. "And that may be true, but the front-line workers tend to be low-wage workers who, right now, because they are furloughed or cannot go to work, can collect unemployment and protect themselves."

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