Bash asked about some governors like DeSantis “blocking local officials from imposing restrictions like mask mandates.”

“If a local community is having — their ICU is full and people at the local schools see that they’ve got to make sure they stay open, because otherwise children will miss out for another year of school, and they put in policy, then the local official should be listened to. That is a conservative principle,” Cassidy responded.

“So you disagree with Governor DeSantis?” Bash asked.

“I do disagree with Governor DeSantis,” the senator said. “The local officials should have control here. I don’t want top down from Washington D.C., I don’t want top down from a governor’s office.”