A.G. Gancarski
Florida’s Governor returned to Fox News Wednesday night, where he weighed in on the truncated term of disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
DeSantis regaled the Fox News primetime audience with theories as to why Cuomo, who resigned under a raft of sexual harassment scandals, got favorable treatment from the press.
“I think a lot of it was corporate media. Politicians are going to do what they want,” DeSantis said. “But you go back to when he was being lionized … at the beginning of this.”
“We all had to make a decision on how to handle nursing homes. (In) Florida, we prevented, prohibited hospitals from discharging a sick nursing home patient back into nursing homes because we understood the hazard that would have. Obviously New York and other states made different decisions,” DeSantis told host Jesse Watters.
“The corporate media never talked about that or cared about that, even though that’s a decision that had direct impact on the lives of very elderly people,” DeSantis continued. “And so, I think the media looked at somebody like Cuomo and thought he was an anti-Trump, and I think they were very much interested in weaponizing COVID against Trump. Trump was their villain and Cuomo was kind of their hero. Obviously it doesn’t necessarily work out for them in that regard.”
“At the end of the day, if they had been doing their jobs back in March of 2020, some of these nursing home policies would have never been sustained,” DeSantis said.
DeSantis’ blasts of corporate media are nothing new. Hours earlier at a press conference, he told a reporter that “people in (the) profession” are pro-mask zealots.
“I understand, respectfully, people in your profession love having kids in masks,” DeSantis said. “I get it, you guys have taken an editorial position on that, very clear. The data doesn’t support it.”
While maulings of the media are in heavy rotation, the Cuomo gripes were a throwback to those heady days of 2020, when the Cuomo/DeSantis contrast enlivened discourse in certain quarters.
Back then, DeSantis denounced Cuomo’s nursing home policy as well, even choosing to opine on it during press conferences.
“Governors have prerogative to do what they need to do. If that is done, please don’t quarantine Floridians in nursing homes in New York,” DeSantis told reporters in Tallahassee during a rare Saturday press conference in June 2020, objecting to virus quarantines of Floridians.
New York offered logistical support to Florida during last summer’s COVID-19 surge, a reality disputed by DeSantis at least once last July.
“Tomorrow we will deliver remdesivir to Florida to help care for COVID patients. The people of NY stand shoulder to shoulder with Americans fighting this virus,” Cuomo tweeted.
The supply, just 280 doses, was intended to help Florida meet its needs until the federal government can come through, Cuomo said.
That was around the time DeSantis was doing Fox News hits, with chyrons spelling out unambiguous messages, such as “how Florida succeeded where New York failed.”
Pilloried all day that day on CNN and MSNBC, the Governor finally received what could be described as equal time, with a helpful Sean Hannity cuing him up via an extended rant about New York’s Governor and COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes.
22 comments
Alex
August 25, 2021 at 8:07 pm
And Florida blames DeStupid for all the sick schoolkids and the risks to the rest of them.
The good news is local government has now defied DeStupid and more than half of Florida schoolkids are under some form of mask mandate.
https://apnews.com/article/health-florida-coronavirus-pandemic-1f88ce7bdcbd971191a71ab8ffd3ac27
Alex
August 25, 2021 at 10:10 pm
Oh, and he claimed today Florida is a great success in the battle against covid, and Biden should follow his lead.
Yep, new daily cases almost four times higher than any other state, and daily deaths almost five times higher.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ron-desantis-says-biden-should-follow-floridas-lead-on-covid?via=twitter_page
This guy is certifiably insane.
Pat
August 25, 2021 at 8:08 pm
DeSantis is not handling CV19 well.
People in glass houses shouldn’t be throwing stone.
Tom
August 25, 2021 at 9:22 pm
Shocking, the two corrupt Dems reply Alex the liar and Pat the lackey.
U both suffer DeSantis envy based upon my diagnosis. Alex is a liar as children are alive in Florida not dead.
Cuomo is a disgrace fondler as he ordered over 10,000 seniors to their deaths. America’s Governor saved Seniors and protected them with vaccines. DeSantis efforts with seniors is legendary.There is no comparison between New York or Florida, nor the Governors. New York has been decimated by Cuomo economically. People have fled from N.Y. to Florida.
Florida is a model for Freedom, business and education due to Governor DeSantis. Transplanted New Yorkers are very pro DeSantis.
Cuomo used illegally to write a book and personally profited $5 million on the death of covid in state. He has no conscience. The new York Governor announced the additional 12,000 Covid deaths today related to Cuomo mIncreasing Covid up to the mid 50,000.
DeSantis is America’s Governor. Great professional, spouse, children and family example. They recently reclaimed the Emmy that Corp media gave Cuomo. Disgraceful in giving to him and now talking it back.
DeSantis hit it out if the park again.
Democrats have lots to be concerned bout with DeSantis. God bless him.
Alex
August 25, 2021 at 10:39 pm
You’re now a 6 time proven liar.
I didn’t say or imply any children were dead.
Trump would be so proud you learned how to be a pathological liar from him.
Tom
August 25, 2021 at 11:35 pm
You said kids died , you pathetic human. You and Pat are garbage and are envious of the all American Gov. Great baseball athlete, whiz kid, Yale & Harvard, volunteer Naval officer, Prosecutor, Member of Congress and youngest Chief Exec Gov. The best example. Great family, Camelot in Tallahassee. You two can’t play with me. I suffer Manchurians gladly.
Neither one of you can wear his jock strap. LMAO. You are a liar Alex.
Alex
August 25, 2021 at 11:41 pm
7 times proven liar.
Go for 8 stupid.
Tom
August 26, 2021 at 6:36 am
Pathetic non human Alex.
You socialist Manchurian.
You inference is disgusting.
You lie at every turn about Desantis.
You and Pat are envious and sick haters. U losers.
Pathetic.
Pat
August 25, 2021 at 11:12 pm
I suffer from DeSantis envy based on your diagnosis.
That’s hysterical.
You’re not only a liar but delusional too.
Your “medical school” is questioning your credentials.
Tom
August 26, 2021 at 7:40 am
Governor” Kahones”, his jock strap bigger then you both. LMAO.
Your jealousy and envy wins out.
U both are a joke.
Alex, you had to recruit a second Manchurian to play. You are pathetic.
LMAO.
Alex
August 26, 2021 at 7:47 am
8 times proven liar.
Go for 9 now moron.
Tom
August 26, 2021 at 6:38 am
Pathetic human Alex.
You and Pat are jealous haters.
Envious of this great man.
Your inferences are non human Alex.
Pathetic.
Impeach Biden
August 26, 2021 at 8:53 am
I thought Alex was this old, bitter man. He now sounds like a spoiled brat juvenile with his liar and stupid rants. He would still vote for Gillum and Walkaway Joe.
Ocean Joe
August 26, 2021 at 9:00 am
Yes, Cuomo got good press because at the time he was a strong alternative voice leading New York, a hot spot, while our president had hijacked the daily corona press briefings from Pence (who started off doing a great job) and medical experts, and turned them into a daily circus.
Cuomo went down the draino when his 1950’s style hands on approach with the ladies finally caught up with him in the age of wokeism. And the decision to move covid patients into nursing homes was a disaster.
Even if we accept all of that, we just had a 41 year old teacher die of covid near Winter Haven. She probably loved her job. She had been through cancer and under medical advice could not be vaccinated. We lost a good teacher. Wear the mask in crowded places, wash your hands, get vaccinated if you are old enough. Let’s end this thing.
Tom
August 26, 2021 at 4:16 pm
Pathetic media hoisted the corrupt ex Gov. N. Y. He was POTUS’s first choice to be AG.
Governor Ron is Correct.
He is the total opposite
Wonderful Governor. Great family
Man. Humble servant.
Cuomo:
$5 million illegal book deal.
Fondler grabber.
Sent over 12,000 seniors back to nursing homes who were Covid sick and perished.
DeSantis is America’s Gov.
Tom Palmer
August 26, 2021 at 8:16 pm
Blame Cuomo’s dishonesty, not the media. The media can only report the available data. If the data are hidden, that’s beyond their control..
Tom Palmer
August 26, 2021 at 8:17 pm
Blame Cuomo’s dishonesty, not the media. The media can only report the available data. If the data are hidden, that’s beyond their control.
Zhombre
August 26, 2021 at 10:29 pm
That’s lame, old man, and if you had a career in journalism as you allege, you should know better.The media idolized Cuomo and failed to ask pertinent questions or do probing research. Data is usually hidden by government and politicians seeking to cover their mistakes. The job of the media is to pierce that veil. With Cuomo, they preferred to kiss ass.
Tom
August 26, 2021 at 11:16 pm
Yes, well said!
Palmer, Ocean Joe major Dem apologists!
Tom Palmer
August 27, 2021 at 12:22 am
As Cuomo’s recent departure shows, they media did investigate him.
Zhombre
August 27, 2021 at 7:52 am
Once the NY AG issued her report, yeah, they were all over it.
Sonja Fitch
August 27, 2021 at 5:26 am
Blaming yep that’s the solution?! Bs! Masks and vaccines are proving to slow down and eliminate covid. But the vaccine for our children under 12 has not been developed yet! So stfu Duffus Desantis with your political bs! Lock up Duffus Desantis!
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