pandemic after his private coronavirus briefings as a senator. another of her opponents attacked mayors seeking to protect their citizens and has failed to expand access to medicaid even as rural hospitals close. what do you make of the gop response and hypocrisy, right? even thinking of governor desantis in florida who said, his guiding principle throughout the pandemic wasn't science, wasn't the lives of floridians, it was freedom. >> yeah. well, i do think that he is playing to a very small segment of the american public. i think most americans realize this was real and dangerous. but i really think democrats need to continue to pound the podium about vaccinations, not just for seniors and not just for adults but also for children, to continue to pound the podium on boosters. we know now that even with omicron, that the deaths and the serious illnesses were really