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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Sep 16, 2021, 07:40 PM Sep 2021

DeSantis flirts with the anti-vaccine crowd

MIAMI — Ron DeSantis isn't anti-vaccine. But he has started standing shoulder-to-shoulder with those who are.

The Florida governor’s clear and unadulterated public messaging about the need for vaccines has become more diluted in recent months, culminating with a press conference he held this week to bash President Joe Biden’s new vaccine mandate plan — and threaten to fine cities and counties that impose their own mandates.

The event in the small Florida town of Newberry featured two anti-vaccine workers, one of whom falsely claimed he wouldn’t get a shot because it “changes your RNA.” DeSantis at the time said nothing about the misinformation, a standard anti-vaccine talking point, and subsequently refused to say why he didn’t correct the falsehood.

“I don't even remember him saying that, so it's not anything I've said,” DeSantis said Tuesday at a press conference when asked about the remarks made the day before. DeSantis then went on to discuss the benefits of vaccinations.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/desantis-flirts-with-the-anti-vaccine-crowd/ar-AAOwh1X?li=BBnb7Kz

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DeSantis flirts with the anti-vaccine crowd (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2021 OP
Flirts? Moebym Sep 2021 #1
Most anti-vaxxers... SergeStorms Sep 2021 #2
Deathsantis? He's in bed with them Zambero Sep 2021 #3

Zambero

(8,954 posts)
3. Deathsantis? He's in bed with them
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 09:18 PM
Sep 2021

As the Anti-Mask King of COVID, he hastens the demise of anti-vaxxers in his state.

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