Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., Did not want to defend his successor, Governor Ron DeSantis, on Fox News Radio’s Brian Kilmeade Show, amid a firestorm over the truth of a ’60 minute ‘segment which the governor paints vaccination with Publix Supermarkets, thanks in part to a $ 100,000 political donation.
Several Florida Democrats, including Palm Beach County Mayor Dave Kerner, tore up CBS News over the package that aired Sunday night and was conspicuously absent from the network’s news programming following the screaming.
However, West Palm Beach Mayor Keith James, a Democrat who runs the province’s largest city, took the opposite view, saying there were “no rules” in DeSantis’ vaccine vaccination and that “those who fiscal had means, going to use it in every way they could to get this vaccine. ‘
DeSantis claims ’60 minutes’ fraudulently edited his remarks about the coronavirus vaccination program in Florida, which Kerner said was effective in his state of South Florida, home to a large population of senior citizens and where Publix has a widespread presence is.
Kilmeade questioned Scott about the firestorm and noted that the long-running CBS magazine did not discuss more serious COVID-related controversies about governments. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York and Gavin Newsom of California.
DESANTIS BLASTS CBS ’60 MINUTE ‘FOR’ MISCELLANEOUS ‘PUBLIX-COVID CLIP
“From what you know, was senator, as a former governor, a striking task?” Ask Kilmeade for Scott.
Scott responded by praising Publix and told Kilmeade that the groceries and drivers in Lakeland are ‘class actions’.
“I know everyone in Florida wants to get the vaccine as soon as possible … they’s good company. I do not know how you could ever attack it.”
Kilmeade then closed the interview, adding that he considered the episode a general media attempt to ‘take down’ DeSantis.
Notably, DeSantis recently criticized Scott in March, after the fiscal-conservative senator called on governors to deny the ‘wasteful’ federal taxpayer dollars to states as part of President Biden’s massive COVID spending law.
“[Scott’s idea] makes no sense, ‘DeSantis said in March.
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The governor argued that if Tallahassee were to refuse or return the $ 1.9 billion bill cut, Finance Minister Janet Yellen would probably just shift the payment to a less solvent Democratic government like New Jersey or Illinois.
“I don’t think it would make sense for Floridians to give even more money to the blue states that are already getting such a big windfall,” he said at the time.
The two Republicans from the Sunshine States are considered potential presidential candidates in 2024.