Trump didn't declare a national emergency until March 13, by which point 20 governors — a dozen Democrats and eight Republicans — had already declared emergencies. Dominguez ranked Reeves, DeSantis and two other Republican governors — Kay Ivey of Alabama and Greg Abbott of Texas — at the bottom for failing to be proactive, for doing a poor job of executing their states' responses and for being "too concerned about making sure that their messaging aligns with the president's actions and recommendations on curtailing the virus." "Beyond judging governors' performance on cable talk shows or regular press briefings, one way is to evaluate governors on how well they are working with their state legislatures to get something done," Liu said.