De villano a héroe: the governor of Florida capitalizes on his pandemic strategy

WASHINGTON.- During various years, it is basically a sole form to launch a profile at the national level inside Republican Party“class =” com-link “data-reactroot =” “>Republican Party: the adhesion to Donald Trump“class =” com-link “data-reactroot =” “>Donald Trump. The former president of the persecution — real or imaginary — has a monetary corridor of politics, arresting his party members and allying with electoral charges in cultural battles where the counter-wave makes its premium. And Republican leaders with many ambitions have tenacious reasons to engage in Trump’s car, admitting that tenure is binding on the Republican electoral base.

Pero hay un republicano logró hacer su propio camino en ese frente, con gran ayuda de sus benadeel: if treated byRon DeSantis“class =” com-link “data-reactroot =” “>Ron DeSantis, governor of the state of Florida“class =” com-link “data-reactroot =” “>Florida.

During the last year, DeSantis has repeatedly been the target of criticism, in many cases, by the response of his governor to the pandemic. The culminating point was the announcement of the domination in the ’60 Minutes ‘program on DeSantis’ decision to extend Florida’s evacuation program to residents of the Public Allocation Center, which spent $ 100,000 last week. a su campña election.

The negative reactions precede the information — opening a series of similar questions, in which DeSantis is accused of a “pay-to-participate” mechanism – no hesitation. Have Florida officials win over the Democratic Party defending the decision of use Publix premises“class =” com-link “data-reactroot =” “>use Publix premises, the state’s most popular almshouse chain, which has also donated money to Democrats and to various progressive causes.

El alcalde of the county of Palm beach, el Democrat Dave Kerner, he made a punctual reference to the “60 Minutes” information, he said in the language that the information was “deliberately false” and that “60 Minutes” the defendant denied the right to reply. “Deberían avergonzarse”, remarked.

A reaction similar to the Florida Emergency Response Coordinator, Democrat Jared Moskowitz, who said that Publix was the only minority to rapidly and extensively distribute the vaccine.

“From Publix we are informed that the podium will be listed in 72 hours”, the Moskowitz dijo lunes on the National Review“class =” com-link “data-reactroot =” “>National overview, a mediocre conservator. “Elegí Publix, and its subsequent entry into the governor’s office, demonstrated the plan and the explanation given by those who claim to have more evacuation points, especially in rural areas and in areas of inland waters.”

The effect rebote llego poco despot of other controversy that, if it is thought, has a more logical explanation. The periodicals and the Florida Democratic Opposition are informed that they have a sub-register of the death toll in the state. Learn how Philip Bump told The Washington Post“class =” com-link “data-reactroot =” “>The Washington Post, there are many states that have similar disabilities between their cases of failure in comparison with the last years and their official death toll from coronavirus. It is very probable that the states and has the federal governing state rebajando the real number of deaths, pero el Florida break in agreement with rest of the country and does not call attention to this context.

También-hooi discusses the DeSantis general response to the pandemic and the criticisms it has received. DeSantis has one of the Republican governors who defends with more firm the aperture of the economy of his state. During the contests, he attributes it to his politicians; when the contagious diminished, the critics appealed to DeSantis’ defenders enrostraban to the opponents.

In general terms, The number of coronavirus cases in Florida and the official number of deaths are based on truck. His case report and his death number were adjusted to the national promo. In this type of things there are always many factors, including climate and population density. The comparison between Florida and the northernmost states affected, like New York, also compares peers with manganese, because these states are superior to the first part of the pandemic, even though they are less about the spread of the virus and the form of evitarla.

Pero in comparison with other states — particularly the states of Republican mayoralty and even since the “state of the sun” has a proportion of major adults kwesbaarhede much more—, Florida is not a disaster that many would love to see.

Impact balance

DeSantis’ arguments in favor of this issue are significantly more solid than those of another ambitious Republican governor who has tried to convert his coronavirus response into a medal of honor. The governor of the Dakota of the South, Kristi L. Noem, took the decision to open his state and resist the obligation of the barbero as a focal point of his effort to increase national projection, according to his state figure among the peers of the country in number of cases and deaths for captivity.

Mantener todo abierto create more risk, de eso no hay duda, pero DeSantis has the best idea of ​​how to deal with this risk and balance the impact of the virus on the health with its economic effects.

But the most important thing that DeSantis has is a solid argument for presenting to the Republicans what is being the white politics of the malice of the Democrats and the media of communication. DeSantis also slammed Donald Trump (Trump’s response was crucial to DeSantis’ oath of office, two years ago), but build a national image while playing with the trumpets’ tops, probably in the fortieth term.

DeSantis is the governor of an important state, and is therefore subject to constant scrutiny, and is also exposed to the fact that this scrutiny is extreme. But Republicans say they can use this public scrutiny to build a personal brand and dispute the presidential career of 2024 with a profile distant from Donald Trump, Governor DeSantis said.

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