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DeSantis vs. Abbott response to COVID-19 surge

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DeSantis vs. Abbott response to COVID-19 surge
DeSantis vs. Abbott response to COVID-19 surge

Political analysts have been taking a close look at how both governors have handled the surge in cases.

Both states have topped 200,000.

RIESS IS SERVING A LIFE SENTENCEIN FLORIDA FOR THAT KILLING.POLITICAL ANALYSTS ARE WEIGHINGIN ON WHY OUR GOVERNOR AND THEGOVERNOR OF TEXAS ... WHO AREBOTH REPUBLICAN...APPEAR TO BEHANDLING THE CORONAVIRUS SDIFFERENTLY.

THE TWO STATESHAVE NOW SURGED PA200-THOUSAND CASES.JESSICA ALPERN HAS A LOOK ATWHAT BOTH MEN ARE DOING.BOTH HEALTH EXPERTS ANDPOLITICAL ANALYSTS ARE TAKING ACLOSE LOOK AT THE WAY BOTHGOVERNORS HAVE BEEN HANDLINGTHIS SURGE.AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR, WE TOLDYOU HOW BOTH GOVERNORS DIFFER ONTHE CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC OFMANDATING MASKS.TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT ISALSO GOING ALONG WITH THE U-SMILITARY, SENDING DOZENS OFMEDICAL AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL TOHIS STATE, TO HELP HOSPITALS.WHILE FLORIDA’S EDUCATIONCOMMISSIONER HAS JUST ORDEREDALL FLORIDA SCHOOLS TO RE-OPENIN, QUOTE, "BRICK AND MORTAR"FASHION.GOVERNOR DESANTIS RE-TWEETEDPRESIDENT TRUMP’S TWEET SAYING"SCHOOLS MUST OPEN IN THEFALL!!!"SOMETING HEALTH EXPERTS JUSTDON’T UNDERSTAND.Dr. Celine Gounder, InfectiousDisease Specialist, NYU Schoolof Medicine: "I just can’timagine schools opening when youhave this level of viruscirculating in the community.

Ido think there are ways tore-open schools safely onceyou’ve suppressed transmissienough.

But we’re not anywhereclose to that yet in Floridaright now."POLITICAL ANALYSTS ARE ALSOWEIGHING IN ON WHY THE TWOREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS APPER TO BEHANDLING THE CRISIS IN THESTATES SO DIFFERENTLY.SAYING IT COULD BE BECAUSE OFABBOTT’S LONGER EXPERIENCE AS ASTATE LEADER, AND BECAUSEDESANTIS APPEARS MORE BEHOLDENTO THE PRESIDENT, HAVING COUNTEDON TRUMP’S HELP TO WIN OFFICE IN2018.David Swerdlick, CNN PoliticalCommentator: "DeSantis is moreseen as a Trump-like figureRepublican party politics.Abbott certainly has alignedhimself with Trump on a numberof issues but, again, sort ofmade his political bones wellbefore Trump came into thepolitical picture."ANALYSTS SAY THE FACT THAT THEREPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTIONHAS JUST BEEN MOVED TOJACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA MAY ALSOBE PLAYING INTO DESANTIS’RESPONSE.GOVERNOR DESANTIS HAS ISSU

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