I think these folks are competing for Trump's endorsement in the short term, but also in case Trump decides not to run in 2024.
The governors especially, DeSantis of Florida, Abbott of Texas, Noem of South Dakota and Parson of Missouri, appear to be engaging in a willful pro-death agenda. It is not a coincidence that cases, hospitalizations and deaths are rising in all of their states once again.
Then throw in senators like Johnson of Wisconsin and Rubio & Scott of Florida and ex-Trumpers like Pence, Pompeo and Haley who all show some version of the same nihilist messaging and disinformation mongering to keep their voters in the dark and them in power or back to power.
I agree with Biden's moderate serve the majority of the country approach and keeping the left in check, but I think Biden needs to get much tougher on these Republicans and make sure the country understands what their "leadership" is doing to our fellow Americans.
Passing laws to ban schools from implementing mask for all and vaccine protocols for teachers/counselors/administrators etc. to protect lives of unvaccinated children is beyond outrageous.
Passing laws to ban state and local authorities from mandating vaccinations to help defeat the delta and other more dangerous variants of COVID is cruel and unusual punishment for the citizens they swore to protect.
Combine that with passing laws to strip other governors from implementing lockdowns, making it harder to hold these people accountable at the ballot box and stripping power from election officials and you have a recipe for the disaster we are all living in.