DeSantis clashes with Trump and Biden over COVID response and abortion.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis criticized former President Donald Trump's claim that Andrew Cuomo handled the COVID-19 pandemic better than Florida, calling it "very bizarre." DeSantis argued that Florida had less excess mortality than California or New York, and rebuked Trump's suggestion that Cuomo did a better job than DeSantis on COVID-19 policy. DeSantis also criticized Trump for allowing Dr. Anthony Fauci to dictate COVID-19 mitigation policies in the early months of the pandemic, and argued that "Faucism" was destructive and set the country on a path of economic problems.