DeSantis feuds with Biden White House as COVID cases rise
August 6, 2021
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — It didn't take much for the White House to set Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis off. As coronavirus cases rise across the Sun Belt, President Joe Biden asked GOP governors to "get out of the way" of efforts to contain the virus.
DeSantis fired back that he did not want to "hear a blip about COVID from you, thank you," adding, "Why don't you do your job?"
The exchange was unusually direct and bitter, particularly for politicians dealing with a crisis that is killing Americans in rising numbers. But it was a sign that the now-familiar cudgels of virus politics — debates pitting...
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