Tate Reeves actually said...

"As you know, unfortunately, fatalities is a lagging indicator when it comes to the virus, it is a lagging indicator. And so timing has as much to do with where with that statistic that you used as any..."

"The best way that Americans -- we believe in personal responsibility."

"We believe in personal responsibility, individual Americans and individual Mississippians -- make their decisions to take care of themselves."

"The president want try to believe that this is -- the delta variant is only affecting Republicans in the United States. That is not true. That is not a fact."