(CNN) In The New York Times' Sunday opus on how cracks are emerging between President Donald Trump and the broader Republican Party in how to handle the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a single quote stands out. As cases surged in March, Trump began to take the threat posed by coronavirus more seriously. "You're going to call your own shots," Mr. Trump told the governors, according to an audio recording provided to The New York Times. And we want to do it, and I'm not sure that we even have a choice," Trump told reporters on May 8 . And no matter how many different ways Trump tries to change the subject, the cases (and deaths) keep piling up.

Source: CNN July 20, 2020 17:03 UTC