Admin Officials Say Governors Putting "Political Interests" Above Public Health

Erin Burnett OutFront

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🗓️ 3 August 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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With U.S. cases up 500% over the last month and their state's accounting for 1 out of every 3 cases, Florida governor mocks masks while Texas governor bans masks mandates. Senator Lindsay Graham says he has COVID after being fully vaccinated. Third officer who responded to Capitol riots dies by suicide. White House scrambling after eviction moratorium expires. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Outfront next, Florida and Texas leading the nation in COVID, responsible for one in three new cases,
0:07.5	as their Republican governors run for reelection and fight CDC guidelines.
0:12.0	Plus another officer who responded to the Capitol riot has died by suicide.
0:16.0	He's now the third officer on duty on January 6th to take his own life. And a single mother of three is about
0:22.8	to be evicted if the White House in Congress don't act. She's one of millions across the country
0:26.9	who are in danger. Can they be helped? Let's go out front. Good evening, everyone. I'm Kate Baldwin,
0:34.1	in for Aaron Burnett. Out front tonight, one in three new COVID cases are coming from just two states, Texas and Florida.
0:41.3	They're leading the nation when it comes to the fast-spreading Delta variant, and the Republican governors of both of those states are running for re-election and trying to use the pandemic to score political points.
0:51.9	Florida's Ron DeSantis mocking mask mandates while traveling to Utah.
0:59.0	Did you not get the CDC's memo? I don't see you guys complying.
1:06.4	hilarious. Traveling out of state as his residents deal with a surge in cases and hospitalizations.
1:12.0	DeSantis is also banning mask mandates in schools.
1:15.7	Texas Governor Greg Abbott also banning mask and vaccine mandates in his state.
1:21.9	It would be inappropriate to require people who already have immunity to wear a mask.
1:28.8	And it appears the Biden administration has had enough, now calling out Republican governors like DeSantis and Abbott, a senior official telling CNN this.
1:38.3	Quote, I think there are governors in this country who are putting their political interests ahead of public health.
1:44.8	The U.S. is now averaging nearly 80,000 new cases a day.
1:48.7	That's up 54% from a week ago, and more than 500% from one month ago.
1:55.3	Hospitalizations up 13,000 from last week.
1:58.7	This should not be political, because for one, we know vaccines work.
2:04.2	Just asked Lindsey Graham. Here he is. We're showing you this video earlier this afternoon,
2:08.9	minutes before announcing that he tested positive for COVID. He tweeted this. He said,
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