2020-06-17 00:01:55, , HuffPost
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Texas, Arizona and Florida all reported their highest daily increases in new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, even after all three states implemented and later lifted stay-at-home orders meant to stop the spread of infections.
It hurts my heart to think about the aftermath of what's going to happen."
Other state leaders have pushed back their own reopening efforts as cases have surged, including the governors of Utah and Oregon.
But in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said he was not considering another shutdown despite the surge in cases.
The president is also preparing to hold a massive rally in Oklahoma this weekend with 20,000 attendees at an indoor arena, despite pleas from local officials and health professionals that the event could quickly lead to a renewed outbreak in the state.
He also rolled out the White House's misleading talking point that cases were rising only because of increased testing.
"We're not rolling back," DeSantis said during a press briefing, according to the Miami Herald.
At the same time, Trump has been pushing misleading claims that infections are only increasing because there's more testing, going so far as to claim Monday, without evidence, that "if we stop testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any."
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