
With cases in Florida surging, DeSantis and Biden square off over coronavirus response
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President Joe Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have found their chosen rhetorical rivals in the fight against the coronavirus: each other. And neither seems eager to back down anytime soon.
The recent uptick in direct rhetoric between the Biden White House and the Republican governor with unbridled political aspirations reached its crescendo earlier this month, when Biden suggested DeSantis' actions were "not good" for Floridians and the governor responded that he didn't want to "hear a blip" from Biden on coronavirus. Biden later shrugged off criticism from DeSantis by saying, "Governor who?" when asked about him, leading the Florida Republican to question, "What else has he forgotten?" Biden then scolded DeSantis publicly, arguing the governor was "trying to turn a public safety measure, that is children wearing masks in school so they can be safe, into a political dispute." The President is now using his administration's power to help school districts that the governor has attempted to punish for instituting mask mandates.More Related News

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