By Joel Malkin
Apr 6, 2021
Palm Beach County leaders are responding to a 60 Minutes report involving Florida s COVID vaccine rollout.
The show brought up an early issue involving Publix becoming the main source for the shots in the county, while the supermarket has no stores in the underserved communities near Lake Okeechobee.
County Commissioner Melissa McKinlay, during Tuesday s meeting, admitted that the issue was fixed quickly, once she notified the state. A vaccination site was opened in Pahokee. So it was resolved. And that message was made clear to the reporters from 60 Minutes. They decided not to use that.
McKinlay has been a frequent critic of Governor DeSantis, who has denied multiple claims in the show.
Two Palm Beach County commissioners on Tuesday agreed to end a short-lived spat over why residents of the poverty-wracked Glades were briefly blocked from getting coronavirus vaccines, while Gov. Ron DeSantis declared war on a national news program.
During a press conference in Panama City, DeSantis blasted the producers of a 60 Minutes episode as “smear merchants,” who “lied” about why the predominantly Black farming community was overlooked when all of the county’s vaccines were given to Publix in January.
“The corporate media thinks they can run over people. You ain’t running over this governor,” DeSantis said to a smattering of applause from supporters. “I’m punching back.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attacks 60 Minutes for thoroughly dishonest COVID-19 vaccine report The whole thing is a big lie, DeSantis says of CBS broadcast
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday held a news conference in Tallahassee about a scathing report on 60 Minutes that suggested DeSantis favored Publix and wealthy communities during the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. â Ridiculous smear narrative. Thoroughly dishonest. Total disaster.
Those were just some of the harsh comments Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hurled at 60 Minutes on Wednesday about a scathing report over the weekend that suggested DeSantis favored Publix and wealthy communities during the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
Gov. DeSantis attacks â60 Minutesâ for âdishonestâ COVID-19 vaccine report By Matt Papaycik | April 7, 2021 at 2:11 PM EDT - Updated April 7 at 2:28 PM
Ridiculous smear narrative. Thoroughly dishonest. Total disaster.
Those were just some of the harsh comments Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hurled at 60 Minutes on Wednesday about a scathing report over the weekend that suggested DeSantis favored Publix and wealthy communities during the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. It was malicious what they did, DeSantis said during a news conference in Tallahassee. That was their goal, to simply try to smear Florida, smear me, smear whoever they could in the process.
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