You won't find me defending what newsome and crew did. Or defending Denver Mayor Hancock telling people to stay home for thanksgiving while he went to Mississippi. We can all find plenty of hypocrisy wherever we want to look. And if you want to pretend that there isn't a partisan divide about mask wearing and public health recommendations that's your choice. But we all know trump was calling covid a hoax, and mocking masks and the people who wear them, including mocking Laura Ingraham who was attending one of his rallies. If you don't think that turned it into a partisan issue than I suppose it's possible you also don't think that he caused a partisan split of who the majority of in person voters were versus voting by mail.