FILE - Republican presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., right, walks by Casey DeSantis, wife of GOP rival and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, center, as he speaks at Rep. Jeff Duncan's Faith & Freedom BBQ fundraiser, Aug. 28, 2023, in Anderson, S.C. Republicans are responding to a late summer spike in COVID-19 by raising familiar fears that government-issued lockdowns and mask mandates are on the horizon. GOP presidential hopefuls including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and former President Donald Trump have spread this narrative in the last week. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, File)
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