And the second. And the second is that federalism works, that federalism is really important. And that's why here in my home state of Florida, I believe that our response, Our hospitalization, death rates, infection rates are comparable to anything you've seen anywhere in the country, in many cases better than New York. But we didn't suffer the catastrophic economic damage that was inflicted upon them by their corrupt and incompetent political leadership because of federalism, because federalism allowed Florida to have a response that was different than New York. (06:11–06:21)
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