DeSantis cares more about his Trump-cult base instead of public health.
23% of new COVID hospitalizations in the U.S are in Florida, and their hospitals are being overwhelmed again.
— Jen Psaki (@PressSec) August 4, 2021
We are doing everything we can to help the people of FL, and they're stepping up by getting vaccinated – we hope @GovRonDeSantis joins us in this fight. https://t.co/53y97ngQ4E
Andy Slavitt, ex-White House Senior Advisor for COVID response, to CNN on Florida's rules:
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 4, 2021
"He did this, Ron DeSantis, at a time when it seemed like the cost would be low because he thought COVID was over. He's now learned the hard way, and if he had any sense, he'd backtrack."
DeSantis's effort to downplay the pandemic in Florida is an effort to deny an obvious reality. https://t.co/Ykjm3QAhrD
— Philip Bump (@pbump) August 4, 2021
95% of patients are unvaccinated according to this. https://t.co/srURo4soJ3
— STORM WATCH- Lake Erie (@Storms_On_Erie) August 3, 2021
BREAKING: The number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida rose to an all-time high of 11,515 patients in one day, according to data the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://t.co/EuAjwXD8Lk
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 3, 2021
Ron DeSantis lashes out at media for Covid “hysteria,” argues the situation in Florida is not as bad as last year because the state prioritized getting older residents vaccinated and the senior mortality rate has dropped. https://t.co/S6MmaiowlW
— Christopher Cadelago (@ccadelago) August 3, 2021
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order that threatened to pull funding from schools that implement mask mandates.
— CNN (@CNN) August 4, 2021
But experts say it doesn't actually ban mask mandates in schools and is more political speech than legal directive. https://t.co/Zl5yZweNUn
Florida's second-largest school district reverses its mask mandate after funding threat from Gov. Ron DeSantis https://t.co/fvqsIcvrWa pic.twitter.com/XlPI2u33Ts
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 3, 2021
They call this DeSantis-ized in the Villages. They should if they don’t. These jobs come with life and death responsibilities and tragically for Florida @RonDeSantisFL is reckless, lost, angry and feeling sorry for himself. Just what you hope-not https://t.co/CJzPbTXEvC
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) August 4, 2021
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is blaming the Covid spike in Florida on migrants crossing the southern border.
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) August 4, 2021
Maps, people. pic.twitter.com/E06max7vIh
Sad! 