Ron DeSantis in American Crisis

On Health Care: New Yorkers were bringing COVID to Florida

In late March, the number of cases in New York was spiking but remained low in most of the country. Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida complained that New Yorkers were bringing the virus to Florida. Florida is a key electoral state for President Trump, and DeSantis is very much a Trump supporter. In fact, to secure a political advantage, Trump had just changed his residency from New York to Florida. After DeSantis's statements , the president's aids started to talk about limiting New Yorkers' ability to travel. At first, we didn't take them seriously, but within a Trump White House you have to be constantly on guard because they were capable of anything. There was also a White House driven theme emerging that COVID was a Democratic state problem, not a Republican state problem. DeSantis's remark was another manifestation of this theme, and it was conceivable that targeting New York would be advancing his political narrative. Source: American Crisis, by Andrew Cuomo, p.186-187 Oct 13, 2020

On Health Care: OpEd: FL did nothing to mitigate COVID in nursing homes

COVID patients are being transferred from hospitals into Florida nursing homes with the express blessing of the DeSantis administration. Florida was having the problem we prepared for but avoided. Their hospitals were over capacity and had no choice but to send seniors back to nursing homes. They did not reduce the viral transmission rate the way New York State did, nor did they build the additional beds we did. For New York, it was the worst case scenario plan that never materialized. For Florida, it was reality. Unsurprisingly, neither Donald Trump nor Fox News maligns Republican governor DeSantis for actually doing what they incorrectly accused New York of doing. Source: American Crisis, by Andrew Cuomo, p.309 Oct 13, 2020

The above quotations are from American Crisis Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic by Andrew Cuomo . Click here for other excerpts from American Crisis Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic by Andrew Cuomo . Click here for other excerpts by Ron DeSantis. Click here for a profile of Ron DeSantis.
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