GOP senator says he disagrees with DeSantis on mask mandates

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“I’m a conservative, I think you rule better when you rule closer to the governed,” Cassidy said when asked about the matter in an interview with Dana bashDana Bash ally Key Biden agrees with abandoning the transit of the Klobuchar infrastructure package: If Breyer steps down from the Supreme Court, it should be Sunday’s broadcasts as soon as possible – The Surgeon General at the honor as the delta variant spreads MORE on CNN’s “State of the Union”.

“And if a local community has one, their intensive care unit is full, and the people at the local schools see that they have to make sure they stay open, because otherwise the children will miss another year of school, and they put it in politics, so local officials have to be listened to, ”Cassidy said.

“I don’t want to come down from Washington, DC, I don’t want to come down from a governor’s office,” he added.

DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) both recently signed orders banning mask warrants in public schools.

The orders come as the country, and in particular these two states, experiences an increase in COVID-19 cases, largely due to the highly infectious delta variant.

The guidelines angered local officials who hoped to implement mitigation measures before students returned to school in the fall amid the current spike in infections. The movement also frustrated President BidenJoe BidenBill Maher Says Cuomo Can’t Stay After Scandal: He’s Not “Donald Trump” Senate Confirms Biden’s Choice For CNN Secretary Of The Navy Jim Acosta On Delta Variant: “Why Not The call the DeSantis variant? ” FOLLOWING.

The president and DeSantis have exchanged criticisms throughout the week, with Biden urging DeSants to “step aside” and the governor telling the president to “do his job.”

Cassidy said if the COVID-19 conditions in his state were dire, it would allow local authorities to “make these decisions the best for their community.”

“Regarding local conditions, if my hospital is full, my vaccination rate is low and the infection rate is going crazy, we should allow local authorities to make these decisions for their community best,” he said. declared the Republican senator.

The home state of Cassidy, Louisiana, is also seeing an alarming increase in cases of delta-variant COVID-19.