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Related: About this forum'Mis-communicator in chief': DeSantis must like how his foot tastes. It's constantly in his mouth
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/12/20/2003150/-Fort-Lauderdale-newspaper-dubs-Gov-Ron-DeSantis-mis-communicator-in-chief'Mis-communicator in chief': DeSantis must like how his foot tastes. It's constantly in his mouth
Lauren Floyd
Daily Kos Staff
Sunday December 20, 2020 · 1:57 PM EST
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For this example of DeSantis’ departure from reality and more, South Florida Sun-Sentinel’s editorial board blasted the governor, President Donald Trump’s mentee, as "Florida’s mis-communicator in chief."
“DeSantis has been off-pitch since the coronavirus first hit our shores — denying community spread, spinning happy talk about scarce protective gear, and shielding data about nursing home infections, hospital bed capacity and the lack of contact tracing,” the editorial board wrote. “But in the weeks before and since the 2020 presidential election, he’s gotten worse.”
The newspaper cited as evidence the governor’s claim that reports of Florida's 1.19 million COVID-19 infections and 20,473 deaths have been manipulated to seem worse than they are. He's deemed "anti-masker" Kyle Lamb and conservative blogger Jennifer Cabrera more reliable sources on the virus, and DeSantis is dodging South Florida mayors seeking mask mandates like an anti-masker dodges common sense.
“Never have we heard DeSantis admit a mistake,” the editorial board wrote. Rarely have we heard him express empathy for those who’ve been infected, placed on a ventilator or died. He talks in terms of numbers, not people — people with real names like Christine and Earl, Doris and Stuart, Adrian and Shannon, Thom and Jose, and tomorrow, perhaps your name, too.”
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'Mis-communicator in chief': DeSantis must like how his foot tastes. It's constantly in his mouth (Original Post)
babylonsister
Dec 2020
OP
Deuxcents
(20,899 posts)1. A trifecta
In Florida. Governor. 2 senators.
csziggy
(34,189 posts)3. And the bonus of decades of a Republican led legislature
Which of course means a Republican dominated judiciary.
In other words, Florida is screwed.
dutch777
(3,840 posts)2. I would think a TV expose' on this is about due....60 Minutes maybe?