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Trump: ‘Even Cuomo did better’ than DeSantis on COVID
Florida’s Voice. All Rights Reserved. ^ | Published May. 19, 2023, 11:48 a.m. ET | Updated May. 19, 2023 | By Ernesto Sampera

Posted on 05/20/2023 5:50:55 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines

Former President Donald Trump launched a hail of attacks directed at Gov. Ron DeSantis Friday morning as rumors continue to swirl regarding an impending DeSantis presidential run.

Trump criticized the Florida governor over his state’s “very average” handling of the coronavirus pandemic and pointed to former Democrat New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s handling of the situation.

“How about the fact that he had the third most deaths of any State, as Governor, on the China Virus. Even Cuomo did better,” Trump said on TRUTH Social.

Cuomo reportedly oversaw his state’s health agency “misle[a]d the public” on nursing home deaths.

(Excerpt) Read more at flvoicenews.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: New York
KEYWORDS: covid; cuomo; desantis; election2024; rinodon; stopitdonald; trump
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To: elenvee

Here’s a question: What if Trump’s right?


61 posted on 05/20/2023 7:10:04 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

6 time loser Trump appears to be running for the Democratic nomination.

He would have signed an assault weapons ban
He thinks 6 week abortion limits are too severe
He praises disgraced Cuomo
He uses Joy Reid’s words to attack conservate policies in Florida
He defends Disney
He throws groomer parties at Mar-A-Lago


62 posted on 05/20/2023 7:10:28 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
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To: CA Conservative
I don’t accept Trump’s claim at face value, but...

You are going to have to do better than that to make Trump's lying attack on Desantis not come across as appalling. Perhaps this, and some elbow grease, will help.


63 posted on 05/20/2023 7:10:32 AM PDT by Pilsner
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To: Georgia Girl 2

The US had the second highest rates of COVID deaths in the world.

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality

Of course, Trump had nothing to do with these deaths. He’s a winner. The numbers must be rigged.

Under guidance from the CDC, states issued shut down orders.

Of course, Trump had nothing to do with this guidance.

Florida was among the earliest to reopen.

Famously, Democrats escaped to Florida while their states were shut down.

Of course, Trump had nothing to do with Florida reopening. He wasn’t the Governor of Florida.

And also of course, Trump says DeSantis is worse than the very Democrats who escaped to Florida.


64 posted on 05/20/2023 7:11:53 AM PDT by Redmen4ever
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Florida has the third largest population of all the states. Trump is being deliberately misleading by using totals without factoring in age and per capita adjustments which is shameful. Trump led the lockdown cry. DeSantis was one of the last to lockdown and one of the first to open up.

He closed only the largest, most popular beaches for Spring Breakers, which was about 3 or so of all the Florida beaches. The rest he left up to the local authorities.

Most importantly in comparison to Cuomo, DeSantis protected the elderly and didn’t force nursing homes to accept COVID patients. This is overwhelmingly the worst accusation from Trump, although questioning DeSantis’ sexual preference is pretty close.


65 posted on 05/20/2023 7:11:56 AM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Sorry, but I checked the stats from the CDC website and per capita, with a much more susceptible population, DeSantis did much better in Florida than New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania and California.


66 posted on 05/20/2023 7:13:27 AM PDT by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Sorry, but I checked the stats from the CDC website and per capita, with a much more susceptible population, DeSantis did much better in Florida than New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania and California.


67 posted on 05/20/2023 7:13:33 AM PDT by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Trump/Cuomo ‘24
We love women too much!


68 posted on 05/20/2023 7:13:42 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
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To: mewzilla

What if Trump’s right about what? Cuomo put old people in nursing homes with active covid cases, thereby causing the old people to get covid and die. I personally knew one of his victims.

On what planet is that right?


69 posted on 05/20/2023 7:14:03 AM PDT by elenvee ("...against all enemies, foreign and domestic..")
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To: skr

Trump funded the lockdowns by signing the CARES Act, which pumped $2 trillion into the economy and started the inflation we suffer with today.


70 posted on 05/20/2023 7:15:29 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
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To: central_va
"He is a Patriot and apparently you aren't. Maybe you should apply for work at the DOJ or the FBI."

Unfortunately, Trump is an ridiculously egotistical A-hole that is shedding conservative Florida voters at warp speed.

71 posted on 05/20/2023 7:16:17 AM PDT by bruoz
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To: Alberta's Child
Please stop posting this nonsense. In the spring of 2020, DeSantis imposed lockdown orders in Florida that rivaled the bullsh!t we saw from the worst Branch Covidian Nazis anywhere in the U.S.

They do like their fantasies.

72 posted on 05/20/2023 7:17:49 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: b4me

So, you admit Trump isn’t patriotic to the Republican Party or to the country. We all know he’s not been patriotic to any of his wives. And, it’s pretty common knowledge that he’s screwed over many of his business partners. So, what is Trump patriotic for, other than for himself?


73 posted on 05/20/2023 7:17:54 AM PDT by Redmen4ever
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To: elenvee

“If you have to re-write history to make your guy look better it’s because he screwed up in the first place.”

Exactly.

It’s funny, but....re-writing history (lying) is also what the radical left (Democrats) always do. And here we are witnessing so-called Republican Freepers do the same. Hmmm....


74 posted on 05/20/2023 7:19:11 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: Redmen4ever

DeSantis voted for a Florida bill which gave authorities the right to forcibly detain, test, and vaccinate any individual that was deemed a risk to the public.

Trump didn’t do that.


75 posted on 05/20/2023 7:19:36 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Here’s the entire Trump quote from the article: “How about the fact that (DeSantis) had the third most deaths of any state, as Governor, on the China Virus. Even Cuomo did better.”

I do not know whether the statistic Trump cited is accurate; however, the headline leaves out the context and is misleading to that extent.


76 posted on 05/20/2023 7:20:24 AM PDT by Ozymandias Ghost
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

“Freepers rushing to defend nursing home killer Cuomo in 3...2...1... “

Oh please.

DeSantis was not perfect on covid, many mistakes in the first couple of months, but ultimately he was the best governor by far. I saw this myself as millions flocked into Florida from the lockdown states.

Meanwhile Trump deferred to Anthony Fauci and it cost him the presidency.


77 posted on 05/20/2023 7:20:44 AM PDT by AC86UT89
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To: Fury

Ok. Let’s see the trump humpers defend this. It is indefensible. I swear some days I think the only trumpers wish they were the women he was banging.

I agree with the wisdom that trump was a New York democrat and acted low one. Is he that today? No. I believe he has found Christ and is no longer what he was. But when he says things like this combined with people who already will not in any circumstance vote for him, we lose the election.

This does not help his electability which is the only issue. I’m


78 posted on 05/20/2023 7:21:37 AM PDT by gas_dr (Conditions of Socratic debate: Intelligence, Candor, and Good Will)
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To: DoodleBob

In the beginning of Covid, I would say all politicians regardless of party can be excused to a certain degree, so many things were unknown about Covid it was probably prudent to be cautious.

However, in a couple of months it became pretty clear the Covid hysteria was being used as a political weapon which carried on with the vaccine and to this day it’s still going on.

Those politicians who saw what was happening and made adjustments should be applauded those who continued the hysteria not only in 2020 but into all of 2021 should be scorned.

Further, those politicians who have failed to apologize or offer some type of contrition about their Covid decisions should be remember the next time they assure us of anything.


79 posted on 05/20/2023 7:21:52 AM PDT by srmanuel
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To: Fury

It’s a ridiculous and stupid thing to say. It’s this kind of cringe BS that keeps Biden competitive despite the ruin he has brought


80 posted on 05/20/2023 7:23:15 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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