DeSantis praised Fauci in spring 2020 for 'really doing a good job' - CNN

[TexasTowelie]

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is attacking former President Donald Trump for "turning the country over to [Dr. Anthony] Fauci in March 2020," but DeSantis was praising the chief public health official at the same time in previously unreported quotes. DeSantis said Fauci was "really, really good and really, really helpful" and "really doing a good job." CNN's Andrew Kaczynski reports.

[peppertree]

1. And then, deSaster decided that blowing off Fauci's advice made for good politics

The result: almost as many deaths as California - a state with almost twice the population.

And that's the official tally.

Rebekah Jones can attest to how those were handled.

[CTyankee]

2. What does this guy THINK? He doesn't think the media can't check his "facts" and we don't have

videotape?

[Timeflyer]

3. As one panelist said, the politicization of the pandemic cost lives.

GOP governors congratulating themselves for rushing to get kids back in the classroom during a deadly pandemic is so ironic, given the fact that GOP states won't address sensible gun restrictions after school shootings, besides blaming mental illness.