Democrats in This Red State Learned to Fight Back Over COVID-19
Coronavirus infections are on the rise. Vaccination rates are lagging. Hospitals are filling up—and so are morgues. And yet a stubborn, right-wing governor not only refuses to take action to limit the virus’ transmission, he’s actively battling local authorities trying to protect their own communities.
No, this isn’t Florida or Texas we’re talking about. It’s another Republican-led Southern state suffering a devastating summer COVID-19 surge: South Carolina.
But as in Florida and Texas, communities in South Carolina are fighting back. Cities and school boards are advancing mask mandates in open defiance of the state government—and counting on courts to endorse their resistance on constitutional grounds.
The legal battle is likely to intensify as infections, hospitalizations, and deaths—fueled by the deadly combination of the Delta variant and the beginning of the school year—continue to increase, experts said.
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