Question

Rewrite this so its easier to understand:

“Rather than fix things over the past two years, Republican governors have engaged in a game of one-upmanship… [meanwhile] Democrats… refuse to acknowledge there is a crisis at the border...”

Answer 1

"Instead of fixing problems over the past two years, Republican governors have been trying to outdo each other... meanwhile, Democrats... refuse to acknowledge that there's a crisis at the border..."

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