DeSantis Getting Pummeled By 60 Min

[WHITT]

Like he's in the ring with Tyson.

Sharyn Alfonsi: Publix, as you know, donated $100,000 to your campaign. And then you rewarded them with the exclusive rights to distribute the vaccination in Palm Beach County. How is that not pay to play?

A federal complaint raises other questions about the governor's vaccine distribution decisions and alleges Governor DeSantis was discriminating when he hand-picked communities for pop-up sites across the state.

One of those communities was Lakewood Ranch in Manatee County just south of Tampa. In February, the governor announced he was giving 3,000 doses to the community.

But what the governor didn't mention was that Lakewood Ranch developer Pat Neal has donated $135,000 to the Friends of Ron DeSantis PAC.

Or that only residents from two ZIP codes would be allowed to get the shots and those two ZIP codes have some of highest income levels and lowest COVID infection rates in the county.

[link:https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-vaccine-distribution-florida-de-santis-60-minutes-2021-04-04/|

[dutch777]

1. The man is a slimeball....which is why his friends call him Slick!

I suspect Donnie's dad had a few affairs and one was with a Mrs. DeSantis. Twin sons of different mothers.

[AZ8theist]

7. You know how you can tell he's an asshole?

Just watch his body language at the 30 sec mark. PURE JERKOFF:

[MustLoveBeagles]

10. He makes for a very ugly bobblehead

[SergeStorms]

23. And that was after DeSatan cooked the books.

We'll probably never know the true toll of the pandemic in Florida, both in number of cases, and total deaths. DeSatan is the most greasy Governor Florida has ever had, and that's saying a lot.

[mucifer]

2. The philanthropy story about the Ford Foundation was amazing as well.

henry ford would be so pissed to know what is happening in his name.

It's actually great!

[WHITT]

3. Yes

Walker made a great point:

It's unthinkable to me that it has been normalized in American culture that you can work full-time and still be poor. That is antithetical to our idea of this country. And Lesley, this isn't just an issue for African Americans and LatinX people. We have for the first time in America a generation of downwardly mobile white people.

[czarjak]

5. Hurting the right people always included "some" poor Whites.

[Blue_true]

16. Yes, poor Whites have been pawns.

But it gets back to what LBJ said, I truly believe he understood the makeup of many poor White Americans souls “If you convince the lowest White man that he is better than the best Colored man, he won’t notice that you are picking his pockets. Hell, convince him that he is better than any Colored man, he will empty his pockets for you”.

I see desperately poor White people driving around with “Trump” stickers on their beaten up vehicles.

[Dave Starsky]

27. 85% of the Trump stickers I ever see...

Are on rusted shitheaps that are literally held together with bungee cords and duct tape.

[Blue_true]

33. That is what I see also. Really sad, he doesn't give a shit about them. nt

[Buckeyeblue]

28. Why is that? Is there some genetic need to feel like your "better" than another group?

If so I wonder if the white people in Georgia hope major corporations pull out of the state and take the affluent African-Americans with them. Maybe they'd rather be more like Mississippi. They still get to keep their 2 senators. Maybe doubling down on Jim Crowesque laws is the long term strategy to drives progressives (of races) out.

[Eyeball_Kid]

29. If you're destined to live in poverty, you can either get pissed at the rulers who keep you down,

or you can be pissed at people who compete for your meager wages. If you were a ruler and your pockets were filled from wealth that the poorer classes deserved, which would you prefer?

It's one of the oldest tricks in the book. You shouldn't be pissed at ME, you should be pissed at THEM!

[Blue_true]

34. It is driven by a totally backward mindset that can't grasp that the

world will NEVER go back to a simpler time. I deal with lots of White people of many economic strata, my whole family does, we are business people. I don’t deal much with poor Whites, but I have one brother that does and because of that, I sometimes meet that type of White person. Despite what some here would believe, it is not as simple as pure racism, my family is Black, we make a good living dealing with White customers and get constantly referred to other Whites. There is some poor understanding of Blacks as a group by the Whites that I have met, but when they deal with a Black person one on one, strong friendships develop and they watch out for your interests. There are Whites that are pure racists and nothing will change them, but the majority of Whites present a more complex picture.

I truly believe that things have definitely changed for the better and although some Whites may want to go back 90 years, they can’t, the modern world will make them pay severely for trying to go back 90 years. I sometimes think about when I was in K12 school, during that time I only had three White kids who I could say were friends, the rest either cautiously dealt with me, or acted like I didn’t exist - today, I see lots of Black and White school kids who are very best friends, that is natural to them.

[machoneman]

32. Also, if you are poor white, you did something wrong, your a loser and deserve what you get.

This is also the mantra of a lot of churches. You didn't tithe your salary (when you had one), didn't pray hard enough, etc. etc.

[Historic NY]

6. Interesting to say the least....

my non-profit could use some consideration.

[TomDaisy]

4. evil. this borders on crimes against humanity.

[Ford_Prefect]

11. Borders on, you say?

Genocide seems the term we are looking for, no?

[Blue Owl]

8. K&R

Kick him while he's down!

[FoxNewsSucks]

9. He doesn't care,

he's getting a massive tongue bath from the slimy Mark Levin on the Fox "news" Sewer.

[SayItLoud]

12. Ocean Reef Resort, Key Largo. January got vax. High net worth area....then

after DeSatan gave them Vax one guy donated $250K to his future campaign fund.

[StClone]

13. DeSantis Whacko extraordinaire following Scott, Criminal dilettante

DeSantis wanted to criminalize protests:The Right to Assemble and Free Speech. Florida can really pick 'em.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

14. DeathSantis sold vaccines to the highest bidder

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

25. +1

[Maraya1969]

30. I've heard people tell me they won't shop at Publix because its prices are too high

So you're probably not going to see them in low income areas. They go to Walmart instead.

[ShazamIam]

15. And this 60 mins expose being broadcast one day after Florida's toxic waste disaster. :/

The waste story post is still on the DU front page.

[Takket]

17. i remember the Manatee story from back in Feb.....

and i appreciate 60 minutes reporting on this but.......

frankly...... we all know nothing will come of it. using open bribery to decide who lives and who dies is not going to result in any consequences for desatan in FL.

[BlueSpot]

18. Too bad Dexter left n/t

[Maraya1969]

31. Hey yea! DeSatan would have been on his list!

[demtenjeep]

19. Andrew Gillum would have been a fantastic Gov

and Florida would be greater for it

[BobTheSubgenius]

20. That man needs one horrible comeuppance.

[cinematicdiversions]

21. I am not defending DeSantis here.

But as of tomorrow in Florida Vaccines are open to anyone 16 and over. In Massachusets you still have to be over 60 like it was a member of the EU or something.


Florida does a lot of things wrong,,, And DeSantis is a disaster.... But attacking him on vaccine distribution seems like a poor strategy when some of the country still haven't opened their vaccines to all eligible adults. (And trust me, Floridians are very well aware of the vaccine troubles in places like New Jersey (65) and Massachusetts (60). They are worried for their kids safety and asking them to come to Florida to get jabbed and be safe.

[FelineOverlord]

22. I am not defending DeSantis here.

New Jersey?

I know plenty of people under 65 who have been vaccinated, including myself.

Just about everyone I know has been vaccinated.

[cinematicdiversions]

24. New Jersey is apparently 65 plus unless you have a doctors note with a preexisting condition.

I apologize if I have that wrong. I do know that non-political Floridians (IE those I had Easter brunch with down in Sarasota) are thrilled that everyone can get their shots here (and the relative ease most of them had getting an appointment) and the concerns they have with family members living in states where they are still not eligible.

[live love laugh]

26. I don't think it's a strategy to report the facts--even if there is now widespread availability

now that was not always the case.