The COVID mandates were a bipartisan affair. All 24 Democratic governors and all but 6 Republican governors (26 - 6 = 20) signed lockdown orders.

Lockdowns only started after Trump and Pelosi talked to the governors from their respective parties. Most states were in a debt crisis due to falling tax revenues (people were spending less in fear of COVID). Trump/Pelosi promised to re-negotiate their debts if the governors signed lockdown orders.

Trump wanted to sign a national lockdown order, but all the Democrat voters would have disobeyed Trump's Lockdown. Getting state governors to issue lockdown orders was a brilliant move; they got a nearly nation-wide lockdown and none of the negative consequences were tied to anyone's political careers.

We will see if the Federal government can manage to make the next round of lockdowns bipartisan.