DeSantis: I Misunderstood The Question On Ventilators

Florida Politics reports:

After Gov. Ron DeSantis’ denial that Florida requested COVID-19 supplies prompted a back and forth with the White House, DeSantis said his denial wasn’t inaccurate, rather the way the reporter asked the question caused confusion.

A reporter asked DeSantis Tuesday about a request from Florida’s Division of Emergency Management to the federal government for “respirators.” DeSantis said he hadn’t heard anything about that. And the Governor was right, because the request from Florida was for 300 ventilators.

“I was asked about respirators, which are actually different. And so, we’ve never really had any hospitals ask about it,” DeSantis clarified speaking to reporters at a press conference in Jacksonville Thursday.

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Oops! Never mind! Forget what @GovRonDeSantis said yesterday. He admits today that Florida DID request ventilators in the wake of rejecting mask mandates. #COVIDIOThttps://t.co/QILXru6Acc

— Jason Davis (@JDavisMedia) August 12, 2021

One (1) day between these two stories. @Fla_Pol: Turns out Florida has been requesting ventilators, Gov. DeSantis clarifies https://t.co/l1DBBFgN6g pic.twitter.com/IhUsyyZY2J

— Max Steele (@maxasteele) August 12, 2021

Ron DeSantis denies asking the Biden administration to send 300 ventilators during their COVID surge https://t.co/ucghGLQRiE

— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) August 12, 2021