It's CNN so expect many half-truths.
Former President Donald Trump took aim at Ron DeSantis Saturday, claiming the Florida governor and his team are “trying to rewrite history” regarding their Covid-19 pandemic response, and called the potential presidential run by his GOP rival “very disloyal.”
“There are Republican governors that did not close their states,” Trump told reporters while aboard his plane. “Florida was closed for a long period of time.”
“They’re trying to rewrite history,” he added. CNN has reached out to DeSantis for comment.
In March 2020, the Florida governor issued an executive order closing bars and nightclubs, urging people to follow US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines to limit gatherings on beaches to no more than 10 people. By that September, DeSantis signed an order clearing restaurants and bars to fully open, which drew criticism from public health officials due to the Covid-19 spike that fall.
Trump defended his management of the pandemic, saying he left decisions to governors.
“I had governors that decided not to close a thing and that was up to them,” he said. The former president also took aim at DeSantis’ shifting posture on vaccines, saying the Florida governor had “changed his tune a lot.”
That claim comes after DeSantis called on state lawmakers this month to make permanent existing penalties for companies that require all employees get the Covid-19 vaccination.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/28/politics/desantis-trump-disloyal-covid-record/index.html
Trump may be critical of DeSantis, but he has made the decision to live in FL so he must not think it's too terrible a place.
Out of all the states in the US during the covid the folks in FL had choices and the freedom to do what they wanted. Some municipal leadership wanted to shut things down and DeSantis saved them from that and economic hardship.
People have recognized that and it's a big reason why tourism has exploded and people are flocking to FL to reside.
DeSantis must have done something right (he won reelection by a landslide) and anyone reasonable would recognize that.
So....
Former President Donald Trump took aim at Ron DeSantis Saturday, claiming the Florida governor and his team are “trying to rewrite history” regarding their Covid-19 pandemic response, and called the potential presidential run by his GOP rival “very disloyal.”
“There are Republican governors that did not close their states,” Trump told reporters while aboard his plane. “Florida was closed for a long period of time.”
“They’re trying to rewrite history,” he added. CNN has reached out to DeSantis for comment.
In March 2020, the Florida governor issued an executive order closing bars and nightclubs, urging people to follow US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines to limit gatherings on beaches to no more than 10 people. By that September, DeSantis signed an order clearing restaurants and bars to fully open, which drew criticism from public health officials due to the Covid-19 spike that fall.
Trump defended his management of the pandemic, saying he left decisions to governors.
“I had governors that decided not to close a thing and that was up to them,” he said. The former president also took aim at DeSantis’ shifting posture on vaccines, saying the Florida governor had “changed his tune a lot.”
That claim comes after DeSantis called on state lawmakers this month to make permanent existing penalties for companies that require all employees get the Covid-19 vaccination.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/28/politics/desantis-trump-disloyal-covid-record/index.html
Trump may be critical of DeSantis, but he has made the decision to live in FL so he must not think it's too terrible a place.
Out of all the states in the US during the covid the folks in FL had choices and the freedom to do what they wanted. Some municipal leadership wanted to shut things down and DeSantis saved them from that and economic hardship.
People have recognized that and it's a big reason why tourism has exploded and people are flocking to FL to reside.
DeSantis must have done something right (he won reelection by a landslide) and anyone reasonable would recognize that.
So....
