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GOP governors tie economy to relaxed approach to coronavirus

by Bill Barrow
| June 12, 2021 4:03 PM

JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Republican governors running for reelection have begun trumpeting the party’s more hands-off approach to the coronavirus pandemic, trying to flip the script on an issue that helped Democrats win the White House and control of Capitol Hill in 2020.

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