When speaking with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a 2024 Republican presidential candidate, on HBO’s “Real Time” on Friday, host Bill Maher said that DeSantis had received good reviews from the media for his response to the coronavirus. He said that he did not believe that he had received any compensation, and that he was particularly critical of the situation. new york times the””sneaky hit” at DeSantis.
Maher said DeSantis wants to talk about the coronavirus. And I think what they did to you was unfair. Because you handled it better. you were right. You were like, let’s target people and protect the most vulnerable, and then everyone else can get on with their lives. It’s a little better. They opened schools earlier. And a lot of the stuff that’s coming in, the information that we have, now we’ve had a few years to look into it, but you’re more right. And they won’t give you credit for it. ”
Furthermore, he added: new york times I saw a sneaky hit piece about you, because–I forget what the top headline was, but the gist of it was that Ron DeSantis screwed up the pandemic. And, just like the last one, it says that Florida’s overall death rate was higher than the national average. Now, if you’re going to write an article about Florida and the pandemic, shouldn’t that be the lead? Talk about burying the lead. ”
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