Leading conservatives in the United States have gathered in Orlando, Florida for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), where former president Donald Trump will return to the spotlight two days from now.
The conference got off to a fiery start today, with multiple speakers denouncing coronavirus restrictions across the country.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, for example, called his state an “oasis of freedom”.
“We look around in other parts of the country, and in too many places we see schools closed, businesses shuttered and lives destroyed,” he said.
Florida has recorded the third-highest number of coronavirus infections in the US, with 1.9 million, and its death toll of 30,500 is the fourth-highest in the country.
However, Mr DeSantis’ approach, with an emphasis on keeping the economy open as much as possible, has been widely praised in Republican circles.
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