'I do disagree with Governor DeSantis. The local official should have control here,' the Republican senator said Sunday.
"I'm a conservative. I think you govern best when you govern closest to the people being governed. And if a local community is having—their ICU is full, and the people at the local schools see that they've got to stay open, because otherwise children miss out for another year of school, and they put in policy, then the local official should be listened to," said Cassidy, who is also a physician.
Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana criticized Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a fellow Republican, for banning local officials from implementing mask mandates in schools during a Sunday interview. In this photo, Cassidy talks to reporters before walking to the Senate Chambers at the U.S. Capitol on August 4 in Washington, D.C."That is a conservative principle," the Republican senator asserted. The CNN host then asked Cassidy directly if he disagreed with DeSantis.
"I do disagree with Governor DeSantis. The local official should have control here," the GOP lawmaker responded."I don't want top-down from Washington, D.C. I don't want top-down from a governor's office. Sometimes, yes, like national defense and such like that.
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