Welcome to Washington Post live. This is a special live freak recording of my post opinion podcast. We have a lot to talk about with my guest today. She has been her states secretary of health. She has represented her state in congress. On today, she is said to be joe bidens Vice President ial short list. Governor grisham, welcome. Governor grisham i am delighted to be on your show. Nice to meet you and spend a little time with you. Jonathan likewise. Thank you for being here. I mentioned that you were the health secretary. You were a member of congress. They gave you incredible insight how to deal with the coronavirus early on. You declared a state wide Health Emergency on when there were march 11 only four cases in your state. What did you see that pushed you to move so quickly . Governor grisham two things, you know this virus is moving so it comes with travelers. We have commuters. We are a moving hub. We are still dealing with folks trapped on a cruise in california and i dealt wi
Host thank you for being here. I mentioned that you are the help secretary and you are a member of congress because they give you incredible insight and think on how to deal with the coronavirus early on. You declared statewide Health Emergency on march 11th when there were only four cases in your state. But as you see that push you to move so quickly. Two things, you know that money. Rus is so it comes with travelers. I was still dealing with people traveling on a cruise in california an adult with the pandemic before. In the earlier you start, the more aggressively you start the better control and management efforts you have. This is the problem because you cant see the pandemic. Everyone i think falsely assumes that it wont come here. And wean will wait until we see what is happening. And for too many it is easier to explain pretty have to move immediately. Otherwise it rages out of control. We have seen it all across the country now. Jonathon in a followup. He said the through pend
In a governor want to take but saving lives is a very easy go goal. My goal is to be unequivocally focused saving lives and protecting them. Good afternoon. Welcome to Washington Post live. This is also a special recording, a live recording my Public Opinion podcast. We have a lot to talk about my guest today, she has represented her state in congress and today shes said to be on joe bidens Vice President ial list, she is new mexico governor, michelle griffith. Welcome. Im delighted to be on your show. Nice to meet you and spend time with you. Likewise. Thank you for being here. I mentioned your the health secretary, a member of congress because they gave you incredible insight and how to deal with the coronavirus early on. You declared a state wide of emergency march 11 when there were only four cases in your state. What did you see that pushed you to move so quickly. Two things, you know this virus is moving so it comes with travelers. We are still dealing with folks trapped on a cru
Jonathan likewise. Thank you for being here. I mentioned that you were the health secretary. You were a member of congress. They gave you incredible insight how to deal with the coronavirus early on. You declared a state wide Health Emergency on when there were march 11 only four cases in your state. What did you see that pushed you to move so quickly . Governor grisham two things, you know this virus is moving so it comes with travelers. We have commuters. We are a moving hub. We are still dealing with folks trapped on a cruise in california and i dealt with the pandemic before. The earlier you start and the more aggressively you start, the better control and management efforts you have. This is the problem, because you cant see the pandemic, everyone falsely assumes it wont come here. It will be easier and we will wait until we see whats happening. But too many, its easier to explain, you have to move immediately. Otherwise, it rages out of control. We are seeing all across the count
That causes more deaths in our country because we have ignored science. We havent acted in an evidencebased way. In this p but say that election in november, science, science, science, and science are going to be on the ballot. That is what is at stake here. And its a matter of life and death. With that, im pleased to take any questions. Es, sir. Reporter last time we saw compromise last time we rought states in to compromise [inaudible] is this part of the inherent problem with bringing in d. C. , the challenge of the political balance so they proceed, d. C. Is automatically a Democratic State. Speaker pelosi that shouldnt be how we have enfranchisement in our country. Whats the nature of the vote. Actually, mr. Hoyer said here from the podium yesterday, not here, we were in a different room, but that at the time of that late 1950s, people thought that alaska would be a Democratic State and hawaii would be a republican state. And of course theyre not. Repud of course they are not. Whi