DeSantis reappears in public for first time in two weeks after 'staying with his wife through her ca

[hay rick]

Source: Daily Mail

To the surprise of many, Ron DeSantis has found a new calling as a breast cancer warrior. His appearances at "faith" and football events were his first public appearances since December 17- also roughly the start of the Omicron surge in Florida. He attributes his lack of visibility and accessibility during the current pandemic surge to his deep personal involvement in his wife's cancer treatment.

As DeSantis' disappearance started to become a media story, my wife said "he's going to play the cancer card." Bingo!

Read more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10359717/DeSantis-caring-cancer-stricken-wife-critics-accuse-going-missing-Omicron.html

[Phoenix61]

1. He's a lying POS.

Radiation treatment is 30 minutes max and chemo isn’t more than a day. Even a full mastectomy wouldn’t require 24/7 care for two weeks. This is nothing but a lame ass attempt to distract from the fact his “leadership” has put Florida on the map again for its soaring Covid rates.

[madville]

7. There are side effects and recovery after treatments

Sure, the time of the actual cancer treatment is short, but the recovery period and side effects can last for weeks or months, sometimes for life.

We regularly have people at work that use their FMLA leave to care for a spouse or child following cancer treatment, it’s not an instant recovery.

Not defending Desantis, but the idea that there are no side effects or recovery needed after chemo or radiation is flawed. I hope no political opponents or anyone in the media use that argument publicly.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

11. I can personally attest to that.

My wife had horrible after affects during her round of radiation and chemo treatments before her passing almost 4 years ago.

DeSantis is a real POS, but I will not criticize him for this, having gone through this with my late wife.

[COL Mustard]

13. I wish there was a way to like individual posts

I would certainly like yours. I agree, no criticism for this but yes, he's a real piece of nastiness.

[Phoenix61]

22. The were both on stage in Miami at a New Years Eve event.

Unmasked.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

25. So?

She went into remission, which happens frequently, unlike my late wife, that doesn't change the fact that he was with his wife during her trying times.

As I said, I won't criticize him for taking care of his wife, I will condemn him for being a POS gov. of FL.

Unless you've been there, done that, then you have no fucking idea what the family goes through.

[Phoenix61]

30. I had breast cancer 14 years ago.

I know exactly what a family goes through and I’m so sorry for what your family went through. But again this is 3 months out from diagnosis. She wasn’t so sick a week ago that DeSatan didn’t have time for a two minute news release then healthy enough to show up on stage at a New Years Eve event, maskless. If she was undergoing chemo she’d be wearing a mask.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

33. My wife passed due to Stage 4 Breast Cancer,

so, once again, I won't criticize him for taking care of his wife, for being there with his wife during her trying times.

Glad you beat the big C, it's a horrible disease.

[Phoenix61]

38. I guess the difference is, I don't believe him.

Not for a split second. I think he’s lying about “taking care of her.” From what I know of her, she’s just as bad as he is. I think both will use her diagnose to their political advantage.

[displacedtexan]

41. I don't believe him either.

Just my opinion: Had this been real, he would've had a freaking documentary film crew with him to get footage for his re-election campaign.

[SoFlaBro]

72. I don't believe that scumbag shtbird either. DeathSentence is a p.o.s.

Piss on that fucking turd.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

84. Yes sir. Most one can believe without doubt ...Sunshine State Mussolini not so much.

[atreides1]

74. Well

You're assuming he's telling the truth!

[stopdiggin]

15. absolutely. don't get so focused on attack

that you loose sight of reality (and humanity). Cancer is a bitch. And a physical and emotional battle.

[Phoenix61]

17. I didn't say there weren't side effects.

I said there weren’t any that would require him to provide 24/7 care to his wife for two weeks.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

20. And I call bullshit to your post.

The last few months of my late wife's life, she required 24/7 care from me and our children, each case is different, so I won't criticize him for this.

[Phoenix61]

23. Exactly, the last few months.

She was diagnosed 3 months ago. They were on stage, unmasked, at a New Year’s Eve event in Miami.

[bedazzled]

24. Don't you think he could have handed the job to the lieutenant Governor

Instead of ignoring his job for weeks? Most employees would get fired for that. Nobody says not to take care of your wife but conditions are bad here. He could pretend to care

[MarineCombatEngineer]

28. Really?

And just what do you think his thoughts are during this trying times for his wife and his family?

Unless you've been there, done that, then you have no idea the stress it puts on him and his family.

He's a POS as a gov., but I will not condemn, nor criticize him for his care for his wife.

[bedazzled]

31. I took care of my mother for years as she slowly died

That said, I had a job and was responsible to them also. I am sorry you suffered so much, along with your wife. Hope she came out of it okay.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

34. I am so sorry for you mother,

I too had a job, but I took a leave of absence to be with her, to guide her to her final days.

Thank you for being such a caring person to take care of your mother.

Peace be with you and your family.

[bedazzled]

37. Your wife is lucky to have had such a strong lion to protect her

I hope your new year is calm and full of love!

[MarineCombatEngineer]

40. Ditto

[Trueblue Texan]

73. It can be very individualized...

I had surgery and was out of work 6 weeks, then went back to work when chemo treatments started. It WAS a big deal toward the end of the treatments, though. You just get weaker and weaker and that weakness lasts probably a month or so after the last treatment. But then it takes a couple of years to get your energy back.

But DeSatan's wife could have had surgery. Also he or she could have had COVID. He's such a political stunt man, I wouldn't put it past him to make up something about his wife to get some political mileage out of it. That'd be better than admitting COVID put him down.

[ampm]

14. I agree

People are on zoom. Your right, he's lying, and someone has the goods, As Rachel, says watch this space.

[LogicFirst]

46. I don't like DeSantis - but my husband stayed by my side for a year

as I went through chemo and radiation. So, I won’t ride this train.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

48. Glad you're still with us.

Peace be with you and your family.

[Phoenix61]

49. Your husband is a good man

DeSatan isn’t. His wife isn’t any different than him. They were both on stage, unmasked, at a New Years Eve event in Miami. I have no doubt they will use her diagnosis to whatever political advantage they can.

[kairos12]

75. Exactly right.

[monkeyman1]

61. nail'd it !

[Calista241]

67. That's not true. Chemo is different based on the diagnosis and treatment plan developed by Doctors.

My Mom spent a week in the hospital for each chemo treatment. 1 week in for treatment, 3 weeks off. Six total cycles.

[Phoenix61]

68. Valid point but still not a reason for him

to be MIA then for both of them to show up unmasked at a massive event.

[nvme]

78. dESATANISTS HORSESHIT

his publicist made that shit up.

[JohnSJ]

2. I won't critisize DeSantis for this, there are plenty of real things to go after him on.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

4. A simple tv announcement the commander will be Mia during Covid war not so hard.

It was a media set up he saw a chance to hop on…it’s all media relations and propaganda to these fascists.

Note…found out on…Fox.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

9. Absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I went through the same thing with my late wife, radiation, chemo, etc, it took a HUGE toll on me and my kids and I considered it our personal business not to be shared with others.

I loath the guy as a governor, but I will not disparage him for being with his wife during her trying times, unlike others.

[JohnSJ]

16. Exactly

[stopdiggin]

18. +1. out of bounds

IMO (unless you have solid proof that the man has spent no time with his wife and family over the course ..)
Politics tends to make people a little goofy.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

21. +100. nt

[Skittles]

64. and he didn't clue his constituents in......why?

I feel sorry for his wife if she has to deal with cancer AND him

also, what are the chances that repuke bastard is for everyone getting paid time off to take care of their ailing spouse?

[Alexander Of Assyria]

85. Dog ate his cellphone so lost contact with his media point person? Could be.

[Orrex]

60. Fuck him. The fact that he takes care of his family makes him no less of a dangerous asshole.

I'm sure that he goes to his kids' baseball games or whatever, too. He's still an active and deliberate threat to public health and to American democracy in general.


Fuck him. He should take another 500 weeks off to care for her. She and the world would be better for it.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

86. Yep. Hitler cared for his wife/mistress a great deal, so m told. Still Hitler.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

3. Complete media setup coordinated with Fox, so transparent...will mass media bite...again?

[Delphinus]

83. I think

you might be right.

[Arkansas Granny]

5. And it took him 2 weeks to tell his constituents that?

I'm not buying it.

[hay rick]

6. He has good reason to hide as Omicron surges.

Everything he has done on Covid has been to woo the support of the anti-mask, anti-vax portion of the Republican base. He has famously opposed any and all public health mandates, posing as a defender of personal choice and "freedom." He has been willing to accept higher case rates and pushed monoclonal antibody treatments as an alternative. His treatment program is turning useless as 1) supplies of the drugs are inadequate to deal with the surge, and 2) the widely used drugs that were effective against Delta appear to be far less effective against Omicron.

Prediction: DeSantis, and DeSantis through Ladapo, will blame Biden/Fauci for not instantly turning on a spigot of effective treatments.

[madville]

19. That's assuming only Republicans are dying which is flawed

The least vaccinated demographic group in Florida is Black people at around 40%, and they vote about 90% Democratic.

The largest block of Republican voters, older white people, is also the most vaccinated, at well over 70%.

[fierywoman]

59. Sorry -- I stand corrected.

[C_U_L8R]

10. Playing the victim again.

Classic self-absorbed whattabout rubberneck to distract from all the people actually dying due to his incompetence and negligence. Just awful.

[jimfields33]

32. Hell yes. His wife has breast cancer

I wouldn’t wish that on anyone.

[C_U_L8R]

47. Indeed. He should have taken leave of office.

Instead of going MIA.

[Beastly Boy]

12. I am laughing my ass off because of something I posted yesterday:

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=16199245

[bedazzled]

29. That is so FUNNY

of course, I doubt he would ever quarantine in any event. How long have you been psychic?

[Beastly Boy]

51. I wouldn't be surprised if he is a closeted vaxxer. He just cannot appear to be one in public, or he

will be mob lynched in Florida.

And I've been a frigging nostradamus for a long time. One day and counting!

[LisaL]

57. He was vaccinated publicly. He got J&J.

NT

[Beastly Boy]

58. And he wasn't mob lynched? I am surprised.

I may have gotten a wrong impression of DeSantis because I haven't seen any news articles of Alex Jones bashing him for getting vaxxed.

My bad.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

87. No sir, not lynched. Cause Fox has erased all memory of that from viewers it's like they have

one of those gadgets from Men in Black.

[George II]

26. Apparently his appearance was at an indoor, unmasked concert WITH his wife - both unmasked!

I don't believe that story. If she was undergoing cancer treatment or surgery, she surely wouldn't be walking around a concert hall and would not be unmasked.

[hay rick]

27. How this plays out.

Commenters note that it is possible that Casey DeSantis had bad side effects from whatever procedure was used to deal with her breast cancer. That's true. I also suspect that, whatever the actual circumstances, Ron DeSantis' personal attention would add nothing to the quality of the care already provided by paid medical staff which is surely available to the governor's family. Because of "privacy concerns," we will never know the actual circumstances except as they are relayed to us by the family. I'm fine with that, but I will take all such communications, especially those relayed through his office, with a grain of salt.

Ordinarily, we think of journalism as journalists reviewing a set of events and facts and using them to tell a story that hopefully engages and informs the reader. That is not what happens in the era of Fox News/Trump. The real process is- the story is selected first and then the reporter selects facts and events that support the story. In this case, the story is "Ron DeSantis is a victim." This story will be told whenever the subject of his inept response to Omicron is brought up.

For endless examples of this process, look at Fox News. Their programming has coagulated around a single theme: things that make you angry and why it's Biden's (or Fauci, or one of his other surrogate's) fault.

[imaginary girl]

35. Why the misleading social media posts?

If this is true and not an excuse, why post old pictures as if they are current? Why not just say this from the beginning?

[hay rick]

36. Good question. nt

[Skittles]

66. I think he had Covid

he is a lying piece of shit

[Phoenix61]

69. Not sure bout the first part but couldn't agree more on the second.

They are two of a kind and would have no problem using her diagnosis to score political points.

[Skittles]

70. and....

what do you suppose that repuke POS thinks about paid leave for anyone who wants to help their ailing loved one?

[Phoenix61]

71. We both know the answer to that.

I will work 24/7 to get his sorry ass voted out of office.

[Mr.Bill]

39. I can understand he's very busy taking care of his wife.

Good for him. That's such a good thing he should resign and devote 100% of his time to his wife's care.

[Faux pas]

42. ...

I imagine living with that monster created the stress that made her sick. Sorry for her, for him I have no fucks.

[hay rick]

45. His wife is reputed to be his closest, possibly only, confidante.

She is as much co-conspirator as spouse.

[Raven123]

43. Unfortunately, the Governor's role does not allow for unannounced absences

Without questioning the veracity of his claim, the people of Florida deserved to know why a governor who relishes the limelight suddenly disappeared during a pandemic surge. A simple statement though his representative along with a suggestion to refer all questions or concerns to his lieutenant governor would have been reassuring.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

44. I can't fault him for this,

when my family and I went through this with my wife, and their mother, this was a very private time in our lives, we kept this on the q t, it was nobody else's business.

I will condemn him for his actions as Gov. of FL.

[LisaL]

50. So you think his wife spend two weeks getting cancer treatments, and then showed up, unmasked, at a

New Year's gathering? Not looking to be at death's door I might add.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

52. I wasn't there, and neither were you,

so, given my experience with my late wife, I will defer to his reasons for going MIA.

If you want to disbelieve him, have at it, but I won't disparage him for this.

[hay rick]

53. Her breast cancer wasn't so private when they made a public announcement 3 months ago.

The family is entitled to privacy, but it sure looks like DeSantis is using it as a Get Out of Jail Free card.

My disbelief in his sincerity and veracity is unimportant. You make the valid point that he needs to be condemned for his actions as Governor of Florida. I would add, also his inactions- he is our chief executive. Now that the couple has appeared together, maskless, at public events, I think we can resume holding him accountable. His FMLA carried him through the runup of the Omicron surge, but he has emerged in time for the peak.

Let the deflection begin.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

54. I can't argue with you logic.

Peace be with you and your family.

[Raven123]

55. I do not fault him for wanting privacy either. However he is the governor 24x7

A simple statement through his office wouldn’t have to be specific, but indicating he was addressing a private family matter would have been appropriate. If he was unable, unwilling or otherwise preoccupied (however warranted), someone has to be available to address public concerns.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

56. +100. nt

[krispos42]

62. So if prayer works so well, why does his wife go to a doctor?

I mean, surely if mass prayer led by the governor can cure drought and mass shootings, then his wife's cancer should be a breeze. Especially is a state as heavily populated as Florida.

[monkeyman1]

63. wonder if he is going to take a cruise???

[llashram]

65. political motivation

trumper super spreader POS

[Mr. Ected]

76. I wonder if Newt Gingrich stopped by to discuss divorce

Newt always had a great bedside manner with the ladies in critical care.

[VarryOn]

77. As someone who's currently living life with a wife with breast cancer...

And dealing with a double mastectomy, it ain't that bad. Her words, not mine. She spent one night in the hospital. I was back to work in two days, although I had tremendous flexibility to be at home tending to her needs. Nowadays, if it's caught early, the surgery is no more worrying than a tonsillectomy.

Ms. DeSantis especially is not entitled to sympathy, much less attention.

I realize I'm being cruel, but they deserve it.

[pressbox69]

80. Thank God.

For your voice of reason. I have no pity for these demonic republicans.

[pfitz59]

79. So the Governor spends 2 weeks hiding form the public?

while he and his wife could've gone "Betty Ford". Something stinks in Tallahassee. "Weeks after Ford became first lady, she underwent a mastectomy for breast cancer on September 28, 1974, after having been diagnosed with the disease.[24] Ford decided to be open about her illness because "There had been so much cover-up during Watergate that we wanted to be sure there would be no cover-up in the Ford administration."[25] Her openness about her cancer and treatment raised the visibility of a disease that Americans had previously been reluctant to talk about." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Ford#Health_and_breast_cancer_awareness

[pressbox69]

81. Betty Ford was different.

She was a real American and not just another demonic republican. All the demonic republicans came after Ford. Reagan, Bush (father and son) and Trump. Nixon was to Reagan what John the Baptist was to Christ, if Christ was Lucifer(Reagan) and not the savior of our world.

[pressbox69]

82. They can both

sink into the deepest darkest hell pit where they belong. Both the Death master and his wife will get no pity from me. They both belong in jail for child abuse. Damn them both to hell.

Now here is a republican child who isn't afraid to tell the truth about her demonic dad. God bless her but not her dad.

[hay rick]

88. Thanks for resurrecting DeSantis' campaign ad.

He has always been willing to use his family as props for his political career and his wife (a former tv personality) is down with it.