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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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60 Minutes segment accused Gov.
Ron DeSantis (R-FL) of “pay for play” regarding an agreement his state had with Publix Supermarkets to distribute Covid-19 vaccines, but his supporters say 60 Minutes engaged in deceptive editing and even several high-profile Florida Democrats are coming to his defense.
60 Minutes edited the majority of DeSantis’ words out of his response to a question from reporter
Sharyn Alfonsi about Publix grocery stores in Palm Beach briefly receiving exclusive rights to distribute the vaccines.
60 Minutes omitted were DeSantis’ statements that 90 percent of Florida’s senior citizens live within 1.5 miles of a Publix and that the Florida-based grocery store chain had been the first to “raise their hand” to participate in the program for vaccinating the general population, whereas Walgreens and CVS pharmacies were focusing on nursing homes and other long-term care facilities at first.