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White House seizes an opportunity to whack DeSantis
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Source: Politico
MIAMI Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made himself the national face of the anti-Biden Covid-response resistance.
So the president decided to punch it.
For the past two weeks, Biden and his allies have publicly escalated a war of words and with DeSantis on Twitter, in speeches by the president and in White House press briefings. Biden advisers see DeSantis who has defiantly fought mask mandates as infections and hospitalizations skyrocketed in the battleground state as a foil to a president whose strength is his empathetic style and safety-first response to coronavirus that helped him defeat DeSantis benefactor, President Trump, nine months ago.
Amid the Covid explosion, DeSantis constant criticisms as well as his controversial policies and a barrage of media questions about the governor, White House advisers say Biden and the team had no choice but to take on the Republican. But the president has seldom gone to such lengths to train so much fire on a critic other than Trump.
So the president decided to punch it.
For the past two weeks, Biden and his allies have publicly escalated a war of words and with DeSantis on Twitter, in speeches by the president and in White House press briefings. Biden advisers see DeSantis who has defiantly fought mask mandates as infections and hospitalizations skyrocketed in the battleground state as a foil to a president whose strength is his empathetic style and safety-first response to coronavirus that helped him defeat DeSantis benefactor, President Trump, nine months ago.
Amid the Covid explosion, DeSantis constant criticisms as well as his controversial policies and a barrage of media questions about the governor, White House advisers say Biden and the team had no choice but to take on the Republican. But the president has seldom gone to such lengths to train so much fire on a critic other than Trump.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/11/biden-desantis-florida-covid-surge-504064
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White House seizes an opportunity to whack DeSantis (Original Post)
brooklynite
Aug 2021
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The Politico article has lots of information on the state and DeSantis' response to Pres. Biden. n/t
CaliforniaPeggy
Aug 2021
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CaliforniaPeggy
(150,355 posts)1. The Politico article has lots of information on the state and DeSantis' response to Pres. Biden. n/t
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Blue Owl
(51,333 posts)2. Diamond Joe will work him over like a speedbag
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SledDriver
(2,062 posts)3. Post title had me like
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Tetrachloride
(8,055 posts)4. Politico is not my favorite site
I double check it. This story seems ok
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lastlib
(23,659 posts)5. worthless article--has a distinct Desantis slant.....
...what I expect of Politico.
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JudyM
(29,406 posts)6. Locking
Host consensus is that this is analysis, not important breaking news, so belongs in GD.
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