GOP leaders step into Biden's way on COVID: The Note

Gov. DeSantis and other potential presidential contenders -- including Govs. Abbott and Noem -- have sought to one-up each other when it comes to personal liberty.

The TAKE with Rick Klein Debates over masks and mandates might make it seem like 2020. It might also well be a taste of 2024. President Joe Biden's admonition that lawmakers who are blocking vaccine requirements should "get out of the way" accomplished nothing of the sort -- and may have had the opposite reaction. "I am standing in your way," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday, declaring that Florida will remain a "free state" where no one will be required to show proof of vaccination or force children to wear masks.