Prognosis
Biden Says Newsom’s California Win Shows Support for Covid Rules
- President says he and governor take same approach on pandemic
- Voters ranked virus as top issue in exit polls for recall
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President Joe Biden said California Governor Gavin Newsom’s victory in Tuesday’s recall election indicates that voters back tough rules to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
“The fact that voters in both traditionally Democratic and traditionally Republican parts of the state rejected the recall shows that Americans are unifying behind taking these steps to get the pandemic behind us,” Biden said in a statement.