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7/18/20

USA: Florida’s ‘mini-Trump’ Ron DeSantis under growing pressure as Covid-19 cases surge - by Daniel Strauss

When he ran for governor in 2018 he was not the favorite to become the Republican candidate. But he did. He was then criticized for tying himself too closely to Donald Trump as he faced Andrew Gillum, the Democratic nominee. But DeSantis won again.

Now, however, DeSantis’s administration is losing in its fight to control the coronavirus outbreak in his state. Florida broke its previous record for daily coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, and the state’s health department confirmed almost 14,000 new cases on Thursday, the second highest single-day total since the pandemic began in March. If Florida were a country, it would be one of the world’s biggest hotspots.

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Florida’s ‘mini-Trump’ Ron DeSantis under growing pressure as Covid-19 cases surge | US news | The Guardian

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