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Related: About this forumWhen DeSantis shut reporter out of coronavirus briefing, he shut out all Floridians
Gov. Ron DeSantis denied Mary Ellen Klas, a Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times reporter in Tallahassee, access to his coronavirus press conference on Saturday. It was vindictive, petty and illegal. He should be ashamed not because he thinks he put one over on a reporter, the Times or the Herald. No, to them its not personal.
Rather, he should be ashamed because, in not allowing Klas to do her job and ask the serious questions that deserve his serious answers, he is really denying access to the Floridians who look to these media outlets for vital information.
Theres no denying it: DeSantis, like some but not other, more-conscientious Republican governors, is taking his marching orders from President Trump, who is still downplaying the intensity of COVID-19s grip on the nation, ignoring medical experts and playing politics with Americans very lives. After all, the president had threatened to hold coronavirus aid hostage unless certain governors who have criticized him play nice. Deplorable.
But thats why, when Dr. Anthony Fauci, the infectious-disease expert, warned in early March that there was community spread of the virus in the state a worrisome sign Floridas governor pushed back, claiming, No, there isnt any such thing. That was another early and worrisome sign.
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