Responding to a Covid-vaccine question from a voter in Iowa, Donald Trump took the opportunity to respond to a broader criticism of his administration’s pandemic response.

The former president said, “Everyone wanted a vaccine at that time, and I was able to do something that nobody else could have done — getting it done very, very rapidly. But I never was for mandates; I thought the mandates were terrible.”

The DeSantis campaign has been especially focused on the subject, using lockdowns and the continued employment of Anthony Fauci in the Trump White House as examples of weak leadership.