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Ned Lamont: “During COVID that was really tough. I had half the people…”

Featuring: Ned Lamont, Democratic | Governor of Connecticut

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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses State's Future and Personal Insights at Connecticut Mirror Event

Published | Video Starts at 12:21

They come in, we go back and forth, and then I've got to decide. There's only one. You got to decide. And then we all row in the same direction. But During COVID that was really tough. I had half the people say, put on a hazmat suit, stay home. Anything less than that, you're endangering my family. I had the other half of the folks saying, if I can't keep my economy going and my kids getting back to school, our society as we know it's going to be over. And every day you had to make a decision. I had the best people in the world never agreeing. The governor's got to make up their. Mind, for the most part. (12:21–12:38)

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Asserts that during COVID, there were conflicting public opinions on safety measures versus economic and educational concerns.

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