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(18,653 posts)friends and political contributors, at the same time DeSantis also appointed him to be Florida's Surgeon General and Secretary of the Florida Department of Health. DeSantis desperately needed someone in a position of authority to publicly support his anti-mask and anti-vaccine BS.
"Florida Surgeon General Ladapo was rushed into UF College of Medicine job, emails show."
"Top brass at the University of Florida College of Medicine fast-tracked the hiring of Dr. Joseph Ladapo, knowing that Gov. Ron DeSantis was eyeing him for the position of state surgeon general, according to emails obtained by the USA TODAY Network-Florida."
"They also knew they needed to get it done quickly to coincide with the governors desire to announce Ladapos appointment the day after his predecessor Dr. Scott Rivkees, also a UF College of Medicine professor stepped down."
"And they knew that Ladapo had the backing of UF President Kent Fuchs, Provost Joe Glover and UF Board of Trustees Chairman Mori Hosseini a major GOP fundraiser and DeSantis supporter."
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/state/2021/10/27/joseph-ladapo-fast-tracked-university-florida-college-medicine-ron-desantis-mask/6173664001/