White House to DeSantis, Abbott: Handle Delta spike or 'get out of the way and let people do the right thing'


Alexander Nazaryan
Alexander Nazaryan·National Correspondent
Tue, August 3, 2021, 5:43 PM

WASHINGTON — Case counts are mounting in Texas and Florida, the two states where one-third of all infections nationwide were recorded last week. But the Republican leaders there have strenuously resisted public health advice, pushing back against mask mandates and vaccination requirements. That has led to mounting frustration within the White House with Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor, and Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas.

On Tuesday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the White House had offered help to both governors. She described the talks with Austin and Tallahassee as ongoing, suggesting that the offer from Washington had not yet been accepted. The standstill has plainly exasperated the White House, which wants to see the spike in the Delta variant subside. That will be impossible without curbing its spread across the Southeast.

“If you aren't going to help, if you aren't going to abide by public health guidance, then get out of the way and let people do the right thing,” Psaki said on Tuesday in response to a question from Yahoo News about DeSantis and Abbott in particular.

Asked to clarify what she meant by having the two governors “get out of the way,” Psaki elaborated, “That means don't ban, don't make it harder for people to put requirements on masks — or asking for vaccination status — into law.”



@@ mấy cha mấy mẹ gov làm chiện xằng bậy thì người dân bức xúc thưa ai ? state supreme courts ?

ai trên quyền mấy nguòi này ?

TuTu wrote:@@ mấy cha mấy mẹ gov làm chiện xằng bậy thì người dân bức xúc thưa ai ? state supreme courts ? ai trên quyền mấy nguòi này ?

không có ai hết, tao là luật, luật là tao, làm gì nhau   

níu vậy thì tutu dzái cho 2 cha này bị táo bón nguyên tuần lễ , tuần sau bị diarhea nguyên tuần lễ cho biết đá biết vàng .

TuTu wrote:níu vậy thì tutu dzái cho 2 cha này bị táo bón nguyên tuần lễ , tuần sau bị diarhea nguyên tuần lễ cho biết đá biết vàng .

Từ nhỏ bên VN là đã nghe câu này rồi nè, "dân có tội thì quan xử, quan có tội thì trời xử".