Florida Governor Ron ReSantis has been caring for his cancer-stricken spouse whereas his liberal critics like Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Pleasure Reid accused him of going 'lacking' through the Omicron surge that rocked the Sunshine State and the nation at giant.
Fox Information stories {that a} DeSantis spokesperson mentioned the Republican governor joined his spouse, Casey, to a most cancers therapy on December 19, on the identical day a handful of leftist pundits criticized the governor for going 'lacking' when the state would have wanted him probably the most.
In October, DeSantis revealed his spouse had been identified with breast most cancers, with the 43-year-old had advised the outlet that 'the mom of three younger kids, Casey is the centerpiece of our household and has made an affect on the lives of numerous Floridians by means of her initiatives as first woman.'
Nonetheless, two of his most vocal critics, US consultant for New York's 14th congressional district, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, and MSNBC host and liberal political commentator Pleasure Reid, questioned DeSantis's conspicuous absence amidst a rising state and nationwide menace in Omicron.
'Hasn't Gov. DeSantis been inexplicably lacking for like 2 weeks? If he is round, I'd be completely happy to say howdy,' Ocasio Cortez tweeted.
'His social media crew appears to have been posting previous pictures for weeks.'
'Within the meantime, maybe I might assist with native organizing. People are fairly receptive right here :)'
'Significantly, the place is Ron Desantis? It is genuinely regarding and odd.
'Florida is clearly in disaster, which primarily at this level is a management disaster,' Reid tweeted.
'Would he pop again as much as sue if the Biden administration had been to ship in federal testing and vaccine assist?'
Reid added: 'A governor, not governing throughout a disaster; and sunning his stomach on trip as an alternative.'
In the meantime, Jerry Demings, Democratic Mayor of Orange County in Florida, additionally took difficulty with DeSantis at a press convention on Tuesday, as COVID-19 circumstances proceed to rise.
Demings recommend state residents 'needs to be outraged' with DeSantis not being in entrance of the media through the spike.
Demings claimed all residents of the Sunshine State needs to be 'outraged,' whereas asking the whereabouts of their governor.
'Our residents, all Florida residents needs to be outraged, and they need to ask the query, "Now, where's our state? Where's our governor?"' Demings mentioned.
'The place is Ron DeSantis now? When was the final time you noticed the governor do a press briefing relating to COVID-19?'
'DeSantis is the Nero of Ted Cruzes.'
DeSantis communications staffer Kyle Lamb got here to the protection of his boss on Twitter in opposition to those that had been questioning whether or not the governor was on trip.
'Simply FYI, [DeSantis] shouldn't be on trip. Actually nobody from our workplace has mentioned that he's,' Lamb wrote.
'Anybody pushing that would have simply seen the general public schedule and seen that he is taking calls and conferences this previous week. Not having public occasions doesn't = "vacation."'
DeSantis might be making his first public look in two weeks Friday evening on the Orange Bowl in Miami Gardens.