Remember: it was Politico that announced, "How Ron DeSantis Won the Pandemic."
Remember when Politico said DeSantis “won the pandemic”?
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Florida fiasco
Eric Boehlert
Jul 22
SNIP
"Remember when Politico said DeSantis “won the pandemic”?
Florida fiasco
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It’s a seasonal virus and this is the seasonal pattern it follows in the Sun Belt states,” he said this week. (He blamed “quote-unquote ‘experts’” for criticizing the unvaccinated.) The governor is busy though, selling anti-vaccine merchandise, like “Don’t Fauci My Florida” t-shirts.
Question:
Does the Beltway press care about the state’s drastic Covid U-turn?
This spring, journalists lionized DeSantis’ supposed virus leadership— it was Politico that announced, “How Ron DeSantis Won the Pandemic.” This, after 30,000 Floridians had already died from the virus.
This is the same DeSantis who spent last year trying to silence scientists, covering up data, rescinding mask ordinances, playing down the virus' threat, fighting with the Florida press, and portraying himself as a maverick under attack. He even foolishly placed one million orders of hydroxychloroquine in tribute to Trump.
The irony is that DeSantis is now facing a Covid crisis specifically because his supporters — Republicans — aren’t getting vaccinated
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