Desantis was slammed in a Plam Beach Post editorial that ran throughout the state of Florida today. To quote excerpts:
Once again, Florida is a national laughingstock. But this time, the joke is literally a sick one. And our governor is a special recipient of scorn and ridicule.
We want him to do better, for all our sake.
But embarrassing to say, all the swipes — from late-night host Stephen Colbert to headline writers everywhere — are completely deserved.
Last Sunday, July 12, Florida recorded a chilling national record: more than 15,300 new COVID-19 cases in a single day. If Florida were a country, it would rank fourth in the world in this appalling category. Our new peers: the United States, Brazil and India.
It is past time for Gov. Ron DeSantis to ground himself in some hard realities and admit that the economy will not revive until we greatly slow the zooming spread of this too-often-deadly disease.
Once again, Florida is a national laughingstock. But this time, the joke is literally a sick one. And our governor is a special recipient of scorn and ridicule.
We want him to do better, for all our sake.
But embarrassing to say, all the swipes — from late-night host Stephen Colbert to headline writers everywhere — are completely deserved.
Last Sunday, July 12, Florida recorded a chilling national record: more than 15,300 new COVID-19 cases in a single day. If Florida were a country, it would rank fourth in the world in this appalling category. Our new peers: the United States, Brazil and India.
On Thursday, Florida chalked up its highest-ever daily death total: 156 COVID-19 fatalities. Which followed the previous high, set just two days before, of 132.
On Wednesday, the state’s total of cases since the start of the pandemic crashed past 300,000.
And Gov. Ron DeSantis arrogantly
called the frightening surge “a blip.”
This denotes incompetence. And the whole country sees it..................
Once again, Florida is a national laughingstock. But this time, the joke is literally a sick one. And our governor is...
www.palmbeachpost.com
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Ouch. Desantis is seeing is presidential aspirations blow up in his face. It is all because Desantis listens to Trump and Trumptards on how to tackle the virus. New Flash! Trump and Trumptards know nothing about the virus other than to make it political and making it political does nothing to control its spread.