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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,430 posts)
Tue Jul 21, 2020, 04:14 PM Jul 2020

Florida's governor just can't seem to get it right on coronavirus

If there's a face of the botched handling of coronavirus in the United States -- other than President Donald Trump, of course -- it's that of Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The Sunshine State's seven-day average of cases is at more than 11,000, according to The New York Times. More than 5,000 people have died because of the virus in Florida.

Even Trump, forever downplaying the severity of the coronavirus, acknowledged that Florida is not in good shape.

"I say flames, we'll put out the flames," Trump told "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace over the weekend. "And we'll put out in some cases just burning embers. We also have burning embers. We have embers and we do have flames. Florida became more flame like, but it's -- it's going to be under control.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/florida-s-governor-just-can-t-seem-to-get-it-right-on-coronavirus/ar-BB170XWI?li=BBnbfcQ&ocid=DELLDHP

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Florida's governor just can't seem to get it right on coronavirus (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 OP
KR Cha Jul 2020 #1
Well,what the hell does one Wellstone ruled Jul 2020 #2
Florida's governor cares about nothing Chainfire Jul 2020 #3
Nearly any 5 year old is more coherent. GeorgeGist Jul 2020 #4
DeathSantis looks dumber than Trump just a younger version of dumb uponit7771 Jul 2020 #5
My wife and I usually vacation in Florida in the winter, but probably won't this year Poiuyt Jul 2020 #6
 

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)
3. Florida's governor cares about nothing
Tue Jul 21, 2020, 05:25 PM
Jul 2020

but furthering his political career. He sees himself as a future president. It seems as if that too will fail because he has hitched his political car to Trump's train, and that train is going off the trestle. Hopefully the people of my state will grasp what it means to hand the Republicans power for a decade or so and revert back to our Democratic roots.

Poiuyt

(18,133 posts)
6. My wife and I usually vacation in Florida in the winter, but probably won't this year
Tue Jul 21, 2020, 05:38 PM
Jul 2020

We need a respite from the Wisconsin winters, but we don't want to go anywhere that's not safe.

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