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Trump says ‘even Cuomo’ did better than DeSantis on COVID-19
The Hill ^ | 05/25/2023

Posted on 05/25/2023 11:39:03 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Former President Trump says “even” former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) handled the coronavirus pandemic better than Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), his latest attack the day after DeSantis officially joined the 2024 GOP presidential primary.

Trump said in a video from his campaign on Thursday that Florida had among the highest number of deaths from COVID-19 in the country and shut down numerous public locations at the onset of the pandemic, including beaches. “How about the fact that he had the third-most deaths of any state… Even Cuomo did better. He was No. 4,” Trump said.

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that Florida had the third-highest number of COVID-19-related deaths in 2021, while New York had the fourth-most. But the data also shows Florida had the 18th-highest death rate per 100,000 residents that year.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: blahblah; chinavirus; covid; cuomo; desantis; desantis2024; desantislosngby56pts; makingthingsup; selfimmolation; trump; trump2024; trumpbeingtrump
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Im with you. Enough is enough. Act like you’ve been there before, DJT!


41 posted on 05/25/2023 12:05:54 PM PDT by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m fed up with all of them. We need the people of this country to change otherwise this is the same crap over and over.


42 posted on 05/25/2023 12:06:00 PM PDT by mikelets456
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To: Magic Fingers

It didn’t hurt him in 2016 because it caught people by surprise......not this time and it’s worse this time around.

He does what he does at his own peril and need not blame anyone but himself when what many of us see coming happens.


43 posted on 05/25/2023 12:06:30 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

DeSantics attacked President Trump on COVID, President Trump counterpunched. Only a fool can’t see that’s what is going on.


44 posted on 05/25/2023 12:06:46 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: House Atreides

This kind of talk doesn’t matter to the only-Trumpers, but Trump can’t win the White House with just their votes.


45 posted on 05/25/2023 12:10:25 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: V_TWIN

“ Obviously, you have to put this on a per capita basis. According to the excerpt, that puts Florida at 18 not 3.”

Absolutely......everybody with half a brain knows that, and yet Trump twisted it anyway.....insulting peoples intelligence isn’t going to win over voters......just the opposite I would imagine.
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And FLORIDA HAS A DISPROPORTIONATE POPULATION PERCENTAGE OF OLD PEOPLE.

Where do many blue state residents (e.g., NEW YORKERS) go to when they retire?…. FLORIDA!

Many NEW YORKERS GO TO FLORIDA TO GET OLD AND DIE. COVID fatalities hit the elderly and infirm mostly.


46 posted on 05/25/2023 12:12:35 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX’)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“This kind of talk is turning me off”

Someone has to put some heat on DeSantis.

He and his supporters will need to toughen up in the event of his becoming the Republican candidate.


47 posted on 05/25/2023 12:14:33 PM PDT by Prolixus (In all seriousness:)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

No, he did NOT.


48 posted on 05/25/2023 12:14:34 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: House Atreides

Your not telling me anything bro......I’m up to my eyeballs in blue haired yankees. Lol!

Florida seems to be filling from the bottom up.....we were exempt from a lot of the migration where i am until brandon. Not any more....they finally found us. 😏

Just in my town alone the number of northern plates I see on cars is unbelievable.

And other states as well.


49 posted on 05/25/2023 12:16:38 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: JoSixChip

“Call your mother, maybe she’ll/he’ll care.”

I’m sure your two dads agree.


50 posted on 05/25/2023 12:16:42 PM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’ve been defending Trump against the Freepers here with TDS and still likely will vote for him, but this is plain stupid. DeSantis did a REMARKABLE job. From keeping the state open and offering anti-bodies to everyone. While Cuomo was killing the elderly in nursing homes.


51 posted on 05/25/2023 12:18:45 PM PDT by BushCountry (A properly cast vote (1 day voting) can save you $3.00 a gallon.)
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To: Sacajaweau

florida over 65.....22%,,,,,,
nys over 65....14%

Florida is a retirement state with a much larger percentage of elderly per capita. Numbers never lie, but liars use numbers. Plus I don’t trust reporting out of NY. You don’t remember the stories about Cuomo manipulating the numbers?


52 posted on 05/25/2023 12:22:58 PM PDT by BushCountry (A properly cast vote (1 day voting) can save you $3.00 a gallon.)
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To: V_TWIN
He does what he does at his own peril and need not blame anyone but himself when what many of us see coming happens.

That's fair. I blame Trump for a lot of of the crap he steps in. And a lot on the unified globalist/deep state/msm complex that is hellbent on persecuting him.

I expect to be voting for either him or DeSantis next year. But realistically, I don't think DeSantis stands much of a chance in the primaries and almost none at all in the general in 2024.

53 posted on 05/25/2023 12:26:20 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: CodeToad
I’m sure your two dads agree.

That was pretty mean, my dads are dead.
54 posted on 05/25/2023 12:27:20 PM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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To: JoSixChip

Show me one thing that DeSantis had done as Governor, that is not Conservative. Bush’s support has zero to do with DeSantis and more to do with hatred of Trump.


55 posted on 05/25/2023 12:28:15 PM PDT by TallahasseeConservative (Isaiah 40:31)
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To: TallahasseeConservative
Bush’s support has zero to do with DeSantis

And nether does paul ryan, carl rove, mitt romney or mcconnell, right?
56 posted on 05/25/2023 12:29:58 PM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Trump’s babbling nonsense shows that Biden isn’t the only one out who’s having cognitive issues.


57 posted on 05/25/2023 12:31:54 PM PDT by ScottinVA (A national divorce is the only option)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

So unnecessary and idiotic for Trump to be saying. Besides Coumo killed how many hundreds or thousands in nursing homes? I don’t recall anybody suggesting that DeSantis killed anyone, especially intentionally like Coumo.


58 posted on 05/25/2023 12:32:52 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Donald Tantrum? No Thank You. We Can Do Better!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Ditto...
Have sent emails to SaveAmerica voicing same...


59 posted on 05/25/2023 12:33:24 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: BushCountry
Agree with you absolutely about Cuomo rigging the numbers.

And the bottom line remains...there are no actual Covid death numbers. They were derived from deaths in previous years and the excess of some kind of concocted average became Covid deaths.

Perhaps one of the big things is the number of businesses that were "killed off" in NYS because of the mandated isolation.

60 posted on 05/25/2023 12:35:21 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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