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Desantis doubling down on defending parent choice in schools about masks and keeping everything open, jim. >> he is certainly doubling down. natasha chen, thanks so much. amid the dangerous covid surge in florida, governor desantis and president joe biden have been engaging in a war of words. take a listen. >> joe biden suggests that if you don't do lockdown policies, then you should, quote, get out of the way. let me tell you this. if you're coming after the rights of parents in florida, i'm standing in your way. i'm not going to let you get away with it. so why don't you do your job. why don...

Vaccinated. >> our message is simple. we support these vaccination requirements to protect workers, dmu communities, and our country. >> reporter: in florida, president biden is sparring with governor desantis, who threatened to withhold funding from school districts that implement mask mandates. >> you're not going to help, at least get out of the way. >> if you're coming after the rights of parents in florida, i'm standing in your way. i'm not surprised that biden doesn't remember me. i guess the question is, what else has he forgotten? >> reporter: florida has reported an average of about 1...

Others pledged to stand in president biden's way on covid restrictions, prompting a war of words. biden calls him governor who? and this was desantis's response earlier. >> i guess i'm not surprised that biden doesn't remember me. i guess the question is what else has he forgotten? i'm the governor who protects parents and their ability to make the right choices for their kids' education. i'm the governor who answers to the people of florida, not to bureaucrats in washington. >> the despite desantis's threat of withholding funds, more florida schools are adding mask rules that the cdc's direct...

Don't be in the way and he said i am in the way to block too much interference from the federal government. your response, mr. president? >> governor who? >> desantis. >> desantis reacting today exactly the way you'd expect him to. >> i guess i'm not surprised that biden doesn't remember me. i guess the question is what else has he forgotten? >> the white house press secretary jen psaki said florida's governor is putting political fortunes ahead of public health. >> not only is governor desantis not abiding by public health deci decisions, he's fundraising off of this. >> and going on to insis...

President biden is sparring with florida gosh nvernor ron desant >> if you're not going to help, at least get out of the way. >> if you're coming after the rights of parents in florida, i'm standing in your way. i'm not surprised that biden doesn't remember me. i guess the question is is what else has he forgotten? >> reporter: florida has reported an average of about 19,000 new cases per day in the past week, more than any other seven-day period in the entire pandemic. health officials hope they see beyond the politics to the human toll. >> i have taken a few goals from these. the type of gui...