Florida gov blames coronavirus rise on 'overwhelmingly Hispanic' workers

[sandensea]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pointed to clusters of "overwhelmingly Hispanic" day laborers and agriculture workers driving the state's recent coronavirus spike -- but farmworkers and industry associations argue that resources and testing came too late to those communities, according to new reports.

"Some of these guys go to work in a school bus, and they are all just packed there like sardines, going across Palm Beach County or some of these other places, and there's all these opportunities to have transmission," DeSantis said during a press conference in Tallahassee.

Florida on Thursday reported the largest single-day spike in coronavirus cases since the pandemic started.

The number of new infections in the Sunshine State soared to 3,207 -- dwarfing its own previous highest single-day increase of 2,783 on Tuesday.

The record-high illness rate comes as some parts of the state report zero available ICU beds, and as scientists predict Florida has "all the markings" to become the new epicenter for the pandemic.

At: https://nypost.com/2020/06/19/desantis-blames-covid-spike-on-overwhelmingly-hispanic-laborers/

Florida Governor Ron de Santis and Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez during their 2018 campaign.

Nuñez was part of a massive de Santis effort to woo Cuban-Americans in 2018 - but amid 90,000 Covid cases and mounting, his tune has changed.

[lpbk2713]

1. So is he going to build a wall?

He opened everything up and now he's complaining about the result.

[sandensea]

2. Meh. He'll just blame it on Venezuela's Maduro

The bête noire to most radicalized Cuban Republicans these days.

[lpbk2713]

6. I went to my local Lowe's this afternoon and saw very few masks.

I haven't had a haircut since March but I can wait. The risk outweighs the benefit.

[sandensea]

8. Do you live in Florida? If so, how it is there these days?

[lpbk2713]

11. Central Florida, Lakeland.

The stats keep making new records every day. Our governor wants us to carry on like it's just a mild case of the flu going around. It's going to get a lot worse before it gets better. I leave the house once a week to get groceries at Publix. I'm in and out in fifteen minutes because I have shopped at the same store for years and I know where everything is located. I order other stuff online now more than I used to.

[sandensea]

12. Oh, God.

Here in Colorado, it's mostly been a problem for restaurant and bar owners - and of course their staff.

But most people seem to be taking this seriously (face masks, etc.).

Good to hear you're taking personal precautions, lpbk. Stay safe.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. It took awhile,but

you just knew this POS would go there.

[sandensea]

7. Yeah. He tried blaming Maduro at first - but that dog won't hunt.

I imagine that the state's Cuban-Americans are not too pleased to be thrown under el bus like this.

[Wellstone ruled]

14. Love the way these Rethugs

shoot themselves in the foot . My guess is,DeSantis will go all Trumpy against the Hispanic Population by Monday.

[sandensea]

15. +1

They all seem to have the same operating manual.

Remember when, back in the '80s, they were called the Reagan robots?

[Grins]

4. About which the Florida Governor will do...?

Not a damn thing.

[sandensea]

5. That's right. He's gotten the Trump memo:

"Let this get as bad as humanly possible - such that public support for suspending elections can be optimized."

Or something along those lines.

[dameatball]

9. The Jax mayor explained the increase in Covid as being related to people who were interacting with

sick family members. The Duval County area's soon-to-be RNC convention site is having a severe spike. Caught part of his statement on local news just an hour ago.
Repubs will continue to dance around this and push any excuse they think will work at the time.

[sandensea]

10. The convention slogan should be: Something wicked this way comes.

The criminality - and sheer imbecility - in all this is beyond Idi Amin level.

But that's Trump.

[safeinOhio]

13. Gov. Ron DeSantis needs to

get out there and pick his own gad damm fruits and vegetables.