Debbie Mucarsel-Powell calls on Ron DeSantis to resign

She said information suppression cost thousands of lives.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell called for Gov. Ron DeSantis’ resignation Monday morning.

A long-time critic of the Governor’s COVID-19 response, she suggested the Governor was actively hindering government transparency in a pandemic.

“By withdrawing critical COVID information from Floridians, Gov. Ron DeSantis has (cost) thousands of lives,” the Miami Democrat tweeted. “DeSantis must resign.”

That came days after a South Florida Sun Sentinel investigation was published that alleged the Governor engaged in months of spin that “suppressed unfavorable facts, dispensed dangerous misinformation, dismissed public health professionals, and promoted the views of scientific dissenters who supported the Governor’s approach to the disease.”

Mucarsel-Powell isn’t exactly on the strongest political footing of her career right now. The freshman Representative lost reelection to a second term in the House last month, losing to Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Giménez. The defeat came two years after she unseated Republican Carlos Curbelo in the swing seat.

This isn’t the first time she has heavily criticized DeSantis. Early on in the pandemic, she said state officials were responsible for a backlog in testing data and apparent misreporting by the Department of Health on the number of pending test results that existed in Florida at the time.

She also called on the federal government to step in to fix problems dogging Florida’s unemployment claims system.

Some liberal activists in the state have long called for DeSantis to resign over perceived poor response to the pandemic. Florida recently became the third state to report more than 1 million diagnosed cases of COVID-19; it’s notably also the third most populous state in the union.

DeSantis’ office has yet to acknowledge a sitting member of Congress, albeit an outgoing one, calling for the Governor to step down.

The Republican Governor is up for reelection in 2022. Republicans enjoyed a strong election in November, flipping two Democratic House seats red.

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9 comments

S B ANTHONY
December 7, 2020 at 10:30 am

DeSantis should be indicted and prosecuted.
Bob
December 7, 2020 at 10:39 am

Who cares? She lost and she cried about it. It is horrific that government across the country are trying to restrict an individuals right to make a living. I applaud DeSantis for standing up for our individual right.
James C Williams
December 7, 2020 at 11:07 am

I agree! DeSantis has been an abject failure in dealing with COVID-19. He should resign.
Ron Ogden
December 7, 2020 at 11:17 am

Loser!
Sonja Fitch
December 7, 2020 at 11:29 am

Desantis is willingly slaughtering Floridians! Arrest him and lock him
Up! Desantis has blood guts and hate all over his being and is grossly negligent in caring and protecting Floridians! Get out Desantis!
E.Hamel
December 7, 2020 at 12:24 pm

Desantis is as incompetent as his idol Trump.he needs to be ousted.A loser
Veda Smith
December 7, 2020 at 6:17 pm

I also agree that DeSantis (DeathSantis) to be more accurate should step down. He has blatantly followed Trumps lead with this pandemic and being that we are a retirement State a good portion of the residents are senior and in need of positive leadership when our health is in question. Our numbers rise daily to unacceptable levels and he does nothing about any of it…..DeSantis OUT
DisplacedCTYankee
December 8, 2020 at 7:49 am

Yesterday I went into a small retail store I frequent and the clerks — and the owner — still refuse to wear masks even when I enter wearing one. While I was there a young guy came in, maskless, and I backed as far away as I could. The clerk looked at me. I pointed to my mask. He had the gall to ask “Are you aware that Manatee County does NOT have a mask mandate.” I said “I am aware that Manatee County has had 400 Covid deaths.”

I go to this store because they are the “only game in town.”

Yes, DeSantis is culpable in this. He is as guilty as President Shithead.
Sorelosers
December 8, 2020 at 11:05 am

Yawn. She has about as much credibility as Sonja Fitch. You lost. move on. (Trump should do likewise).