Post by robeiae on Apr 6, 2021 6:53:04 GMT -5
Here's some of the initial story:
Well there ya go, De Santis is AS BAD AS CUOMO (that's the entire point here, stated or not, imo). He let the suddenly-evil-but-once-widely-loved Publix chain administer vaccines for a campaign donation! That bastard!
There's also some video of De Santis pushing back that 60 Minutes chopped up to make him look worse, but that's just typical shit, these days.
Getting back to the implied pay-to-play arrangement with Publix: www.cnn.com/2021/04/05/media/60-minutes-gov-ron-desantis-publix/index.html
This is journalistic malpractice on the part of 60 Minutes, which makes me sad, as I expect so much better from them. The reporter and editor who put this shit story together should be fired.
All that said, I saw someone reply somewhere on twitter that this is all a set-up for 2024: by the time we get there, poeple will be able to say that 60 Minutes accused De Santis of using the vaccine rollout to pad his campaign coffers and that will be a true statement, as 60 Minutes did make the accusation, even if it was ultimately based on no actual evidence whatsoever and was in fact explicitly countered with evidence offered by Dem politicians. It's a strong long game, if true...
FYI, here is Hemingway's takedown of 60 Minutes: thefederalist.com/2021/04/05/60-minutes-ignores-democrat-governors-scandals-invents-one-about-desantis/
The 60 Minutes piece was a gift to her and to people like Tucker Carlson, at least in the moment.
Well there ya go, De Santis is AS BAD AS CUOMO (that's the entire point here, stated or not, imo). He let the suddenly-evil-but-once-widely-loved Publix chain administer vaccines for a campaign donation! That bastard!
There's also some video of De Santis pushing back that 60 Minutes chopped up to make him look worse, but that's just typical shit, these days.
Getting back to the implied pay-to-play arrangement with Publix: www.cnn.com/2021/04/05/media/60-minutes-gov-ron-desantis-publix/index.html
But, beyond spotlighting the public finance records, "60 Minutes" never offered any substantive evidence to support the significant assertion and link the donation with the partnership.
After the report aired, the Democratic director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management and Democratic county mayor of Palm Beach County both publicly responded, saying that partnering with Publix was not suggested by anyone from DeSantis' office.
In a Sunday night tweet directed at "60 Minutes," Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz wrote, "I said this before and I'll say it again. [Publix] was recommended by [Florida Division of Emergency Management] and [Florida Department of Public Health]. Period! Full stop!"
"No one from the Governors office suggested Publix," Moskowitz added. "It's just absolute malarkey."
Palm Beach County Mayor Dave Kerner offered a similar sentiment in a Monday statement.
"I watched the 60 Minutes segment on Palm Beach County last night and feel compelled to issue this statement," Kerner said.
Kerner accused "60 Minutes" of reporting "intentionally false" information, saying that the program knew DeSantis had met with him and that the county had been the entity to request "to expand the state's partnership with Publix."
Publix also issued a statement to criticize the assertion, but the supermarket chain did not mention "60 Minutes" by name.
"The irresponsible suggestion that there was a connection between campaign contributions made to Governor DeSantis and our willingness to join other pharmacies in support of the state's vaccine distribution efforts is absolutely false and offensive," Publix said Monday.
In a Monday afternoon statement, DeSantis' office said, "Florida partnered with Publix because they were ready to administer the vaccine in their pharmacies in a matter of days, whereas other pharmacies were not ready."
After the report aired, the Democratic director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management and Democratic county mayor of Palm Beach County both publicly responded, saying that partnering with Publix was not suggested by anyone from DeSantis' office.
In a Sunday night tweet directed at "60 Minutes," Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz wrote, "I said this before and I'll say it again. [Publix] was recommended by [Florida Division of Emergency Management] and [Florida Department of Public Health]. Period! Full stop!"
"No one from the Governors office suggested Publix," Moskowitz added. "It's just absolute malarkey."
Palm Beach County Mayor Dave Kerner offered a similar sentiment in a Monday statement.
"I watched the 60 Minutes segment on Palm Beach County last night and feel compelled to issue this statement," Kerner said.
Kerner accused "60 Minutes" of reporting "intentionally false" information, saying that the program knew DeSantis had met with him and that the county had been the entity to request "to expand the state's partnership with Publix."
Publix also issued a statement to criticize the assertion, but the supermarket chain did not mention "60 Minutes" by name.
"The irresponsible suggestion that there was a connection between campaign contributions made to Governor DeSantis and our willingness to join other pharmacies in support of the state's vaccine distribution efforts is absolutely false and offensive," Publix said Monday.
In a Monday afternoon statement, DeSantis' office said, "Florida partnered with Publix because they were ready to administer the vaccine in their pharmacies in a matter of days, whereas other pharmacies were not ready."
All that said, I saw someone reply somewhere on twitter that this is all a set-up for 2024: by the time we get there, poeple will be able to say that 60 Minutes accused De Santis of using the vaccine rollout to pad his campaign coffers and that will be a true statement, as 60 Minutes did make the accusation, even if it was ultimately based on no actual evidence whatsoever and was in fact explicitly countered with evidence offered by Dem politicians. It's a strong long game, if true...
FYI, here is Hemingway's takedown of 60 Minutes: thefederalist.com/2021/04/05/60-minutes-ignores-democrat-governors-scandals-invents-one-about-desantis/
The 60 Minutes piece was a gift to her and to people like Tucker Carlson, at least in the moment.
