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One of the prominent Florida Democrats who has spoken out against the controversial 60 Minutes report targeting Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is shedding light on what exactly he told CBS News.
Members of both parties have accused the venerable newsmagazine show of concocting a hit piece accusing the potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate of engaging in a pay-for-play scheme involving the grocery store chain Publix. CBS News issued a statement on Tuesday defending its Sunday night report. When Florida state data revealed people of color were vaccinated at a much lower rate than their wealthier neighbors, ‘60 Minutes’ reported the facts surrounding the vaccine’s rollout, which is controlled by the governor, a CBS News spokesperson told Fox News. We requested and conducted interviews with dozens of sources and authorities involved. We requested an interview with Gov. Ron DeSanti
Florida’s State Emergency Management Director,
Jared Moskowitz, is slamming CBS for not taking his comments for
60 Minutes’ highly-criticized report on Governor
Ron DeSantis (R).
The news show has been facing major backlash for airing a package with the insinuation that DeSantis gave Publix exclusive rights to administer coronavirus vaccines to people after the supermarket chain donated to his political campaign. The controversy revolves around the fact that DeSantis responded to the pay-for-play charge, but
60 Minutesomitted the part of his answer where he explained that Publix offered to take the initiative on the vaccine rollout, and they were well positioned to vaccinate most of Florida’s elderly residents.
7 Apr 2021
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ team fired back at the White House on Tuesday for attacking the state of Florida’s vaccine rates for African Americans.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki voiced “concerns” about Florida’s vaccination rates on Monday in response to a report aired on
60 Minutes Sunday.
“One of the concerns we’ve had as we’ve watched the data is that 17 percent of Florida’s population is African American, but less than seven percent of vaccinations have gone to African Americans in the state,” she said during the White House press briefing.
But a spokesperson for DeSantis criticized the White House for pushing a false narrative from corporate news media.
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