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In 2019, he identified himself as "the most democratic of Republicans," a label that did not resonate well with the Trump base. Furthermore, his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic raised eyebrows; Chronister's office notably arrested a pastor who held services at his megachurch in defiance of lockdown orders. Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky publicly criticized him, arguing that this particular action disqualified him from leading the DEA.