During the first Republican primary debate Wednesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blasted former vice president Pence for the Trump administration’s record of supporting lockdowns and ushering in invasive public-health mandates during Covid.
“Why are we in this mess?” DeSantis said in response to sparring between Pence and Vivek Ramaswamy on the cause of the runaway federal spending of the last few years.
“Part of it, and a major reason, is how this federal government handled Covid-19 by locking down this economy,” he said.