Sunday Spotlight, ADVISORY

| October 3, 2020 2:06 PM

EDITORS:

The following story has moved as this week's Sunday Spotlight, a feature showcasing the best off-the-news enterprise in the AP report:

VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP-STATE REPUBLICANS

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Republican governors and state lawmakers in many states have followed President Donald Trump’s lead in downplaying the seriousness of the coronavirus virus, refusing to wear masks and fighting against coronavirus restrictions on businesses and social gatherings. Revelations that the president and first lady are now among those who have tested positive for the disease did little to change their thinking. In Louisiana, for instance, the Republican-led legislature pushed ahead with a package of measures aimed at unraveling the state’s coronavirus restrictions in an ongoing dispute with Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards: “I don’t think that the president having COVID is any more important than every Louisianian that’s had COVID, so it doesn’t really change my perspective on it,” said Rep. Julie Emerson, a Republican from Carencro. By Marc Levy. SENT: 1,180 words, photos.

—The AP