DeSantis: No More Vaccine Funding If I’m Elected

September 21, 2023 Covidiots, Republicans

Ron DeSantis on Wednesday said if elected president, he would not pay for further coronavirus vaccines for Americans. “Certainly, we’re not going to fund them,” the Florida Republican governor said during a wide-ranging interview with ABC News recorded Wednesday from Midland, Texas, where he announced his domestic energy policy.

DeSantis in the ABC interview doubled down on recent guidance from his state discouraging anyone under 65 from getting them, contradicting federal health officials’ recommendations.

The governor said the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cannot be trusted – a response that elicited a prolonged on-air clarification about the scientific evidence supporting the efficacy of coronavirus vaccines from ABC anchor Linsey Davis.

Read the full article. The clip below is from 2020.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urges restaurants, bars to “follow the guidelines” amid rising COVID-19 cases, saying he told officials, “If you go in and it’s just like mayhem, like ‘Dance Party USA’…no tolerance for that. Just suspend the license.” https://t.co/3T4DsLteX5 pic.twitter.com/cz3YxohBjG

— ABC News (@ABC) June 23, 2020