But there are questions about whether a pandemic that many Americans see as long over will resonate with the electorate in 2024.
Now, a recent resurgence of Covid-19 cases is giving Mr. DeSantis a chance to press the argument.
Mr. DeSantis and other Republicans have seized on that as evidence that the Covid-19 debate, which they frame as a civil rights battle, is far from over.
Mr. DeSantis emphasized that point during his swing through Iowa on Saturday.
He has appeared repeatedly this past week on Fox News and other conservative media outlets lauding his pandemic policies, and has done interviews with local news media outlets in Iowa and New Hampshire.
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Republican, Iowa, Grundy, Fox News
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