23% of new COVID hospitalizations in the U.S are in Florida, and their hospitals are being overwhelmed again.

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

— Jen Psaki (@PressSec) August 4, 2021

Andy Slavitt, ex-White House Senior Advisor for COVID response, to CNN on Florida's rules:

"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."

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 4, 2021

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.

But experts say it doesn't actually ban mask mandates in schools and is more political speech than legal directive. https://t.co/Zl5yZweNUn

— CNN (@CNN) August 4, 2021

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.

Maps, people. pic.twitter.com/E06max7vIh

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) August 4, 2021

“In Jacksonville, in one of our hospitals, their average age now is 42 years old. They have 25-year-olds who are in intensive care, on ventilators,” Mayhew told “Morning Joe” cohost Mika Brzezinski.https://t.co/Izgycnp5o6

— Christine Evans 🍹 (@berneunion2) August 2, 2021

The Florida Hospital Association confirms Florida reported more COVID hospitalizations than at any point during the entire pandemic yesterday: 10,207. The previous record (10,179) was set on July 23, 2020.

— Michael Del Moro (@MikeDelMoro) August 2, 2021

I don't know who's "winning the pandemic," but it's certainly not the residents of Florida. It doesn't help that Ron DeSantis' plan largely consists of wishing Floridians luck. https://t.co/e8YWXvJd8L

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen) August 2, 2021

Here's what DeSantis' Covid "victory" looks like from a Miami hospital: "‘It just went boom.’ ICUs are being overwhelmed with younger — and sicker — patients" https://t.co/VeXZzvPfIQ

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) August 2, 2021

“The governor said Friday that he did not believe masks were necessary to prevent children from transmitting the virus in classrooms, even as the state reported more than 21,000 infections among children younger than 19 last week.” https://t.co/jwEh1dQrlG

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) August 2, 2021

🔥🔥🔥More people in the hospital tonight in Florida w/COVID than at any point since the start of the pandemic https://t.co/wYQpioylWU

— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) August 2, 2021

The Trump cult should get their own airline where they could be unmasked. It could be called Delta Variant.

— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) August 1, 2021

This is a graph of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Florida in the last 30 days. https://t.co/bvztAsRVT3 pic.twitter.com/86SK8D8fPa

— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) July 29, 2021

Just look at these two charts — it says everything you need to know about @GovRonDeSantis leadership in the #Florida #COVID19 crisis. A sudden, mindboggling surge in hospital admissions and, close behind, deaths.
We have #vaccines : EVERY ICU case and death is now preventable. pic.twitter.com/MHhS9U8ZbD

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) July 27, 2021

Florida's daily Covid-19 cases have tripled over the last two weeks @leylasantiago reports pic.twitter.com/sWfZvNx7gS

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) July 26, 2021

NEW: Two states – Florida and Arkansas – Every one of their counties is now listed as having "high" levels of community transmission, according to data from the CDC.

— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) July 26, 2021

24 hours later, DeSantis was back to slamming mask-wearing — this time, for children. https://t.co/YbSiVUP0jf

— The Recount (@therecount) July 25, 2021

Over the last few months, Ron DeSantis has used his Twitter account to criticize Joe Biden and the CDC, mock Dr. Fauci, and even make restaurant recommendations, but he can’t be bothered to encourage his followers to get vaccinated. Tells you all you need to know.

— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) July 24, 2021

States scale back virus reporting just as cases surge (from @AP) https://t.co/l6bVRd73JU

— Larry O. Dean (@larryodean) July 24, 2021

Our Editorial Board is above the masthead today with a plea for Floridians to get vaccinated https://t.co/b03lUYtTLN pic.twitter.com/ck9dG3oreI

— Steven Lemongello (@SteveLemongello) July 24, 2021

It is inadvisable to do this to the vaccine. https://t.co/wUimxfWbut

— B'more City Health (@BMore_Healthy) May 4, 2021