GOP Faces Blowback Over Reopening Efforts

“Governors collectively have been winning widespread praise from the public for their handling of the coronavirus outbreak, often with the kind of bipartisan approval that has eluded President Trump,” according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll.

“Republican governors who have embraced reopening their states are struggling to achieve that consensus.”

“The survey reveals a wide range in the assessments of Republican governors, but not for their Democratic counterparts. The disparities appear to be linked not solely to partisanship, but also to the differing paths the governors have adopted as they seek to balance efforts to contain the spread of the virus while trying to limit the damage to their economies.”