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Related: About this forumPolitiFact: Ron DeSantis falsely claims he was never asked about COVID-19
The governor's new narrative about Florida's rising coronavirus numbers isn't based in fact. Here are the receipts.Gov. Ron DeSantis has a new narrative about Floridas rising COVID-19 numbers: As cases leveled off in May, the media stopped covering the story, and the public grew complacent.
DeSantis made this case during his July 2 meeting in Tampa with Vice President Mike Pence, where he said that the pandemic "fell out of the news." at the end of May and beginning of June.
A week earlier, DeSantis said the media had returned its attention to the pandemic as the caseload grew in June amid reopenings of restaurants, shops and beaches.
Well, I think now this is back in the news. I think people understand. Look, it was natural. It wasnt much, I mean, I would do press events in May, I would never be asked about coronavirus, DeSantis said June 26. It was about all these other things. Now its something that they are (asking about).
https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2020/07/15/politifact-ron-desantis-falsely-claims-he-was-never-asked-about-covid-19/
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PolitiFact: Ron DeSantis falsely claims he was never asked about COVID-19 (Original Post)
Zorro
Jul 2020
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OAITW r.2.0
(27,807 posts)1. Fed's fault, DeSantis?
You gonna blame Trump?
PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,345 posts)2. Fell out of the news?
Was he watching news from 1957 during that time?
Marcuse
(7,962 posts)3. We know what he watches.
Midnight Writer
(22,822 posts)4. I quit brushing my teeth because Mom stopped reminding me.