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Posted on 08/23/2021 12:02:35 PM PDT by RandFan
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis shot back at The Associated Press on Monday after the outlet's incoming CEO accused his press secretary of harassing one of its reporters, saying the AP received deserved pushback for a partisan "smear" that could cost lives.
In a letter to Daisy Veerasingham, DeSantis blasted the AP for its "temerity" to complain about criticism a reporter received last week over his story that suggested a link between the governor's touting of a COVID antibody drug from Regeneron and a political donor's investment in the company.
DeSantis didn't hold back in a remarkable open letter from a politician to a news organization.
"I assumed your letter was to notify me that you were issuing a retraction of the partisan smear piece you published last week," DeSantis wrote. "Instead, you had the temerity to complain about the deserved blowback that your botched and discredited attempt to concoct a political narrative has received. The ploy will not work to divert attention from the fact that the Associated Press published a false narrative that will lead some to decline effective treatment for COVID infections."
The controversial AP story seemed to imply DeSantis was promoting Regeneron's COVID antibody treatment because a Chicago-based hedge fund that donated to a pro-DeSantis political committee also owns shares of the company.
However, the AP also acknowledged the drug is highly effective and has been touted by the Biden administration as well. The story also noted the DeSantis donor's hedge fund, Citadel, had a smaller share in Regeneron than BlackRock, which has donated more to Democrats, and that Citadel's investment in Regeneron "is a tiny fraction of its overall $39 billion in investments."
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ROFL!!!!!
BTTT!
Proud to own Regeneron stock myself.
Great pick.. It has done well
It is one of the better jokes I’ve read recently.
Nuts, and I’m glad he fought back.
Somebody on an earlier thread said that they were worried because DeSantis wasn’t like Reagan, a little warm and fuzzy, but the fact that DeSantis is blunt and intelligent and combative may actually draw a lot of people to him in these rudderless times.
Love it!!!! Desantis’ spine is a model for rhinos everywhere.
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