Florida Governor Ron DeSantis took aim at former President Trump’s COVID-19 record in an interview on Thursday, saying that Trump’s trust in NIH director Dr. Anthony Fauci “destroyed millions of people’s lives.”
The two GOP presidential frontrunners have repeatedly traded jabs over their respective COVID records.
“I think he did great for three years, but when he turned the country over to Fauci in March of 2020, that destroyed millions of people’s lives,” DeSantis told TheBlaze founder Glenn Beck in an interview on Thursday.
“And in Florida, we were one of the few that stood up, cut against the grain, took incoming fire from media, bureaucracy, the left, even a lot of Republicans, had schools open, preserved businesses,” he continued.
While Florida did end lockdowns far earlier than most states, the governor still pushed CDC guidelines, including orders pertaining to lockdowns and closures, early in the pandemic.
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Team Desantis: “Trump handed the country over to Fauci! Desantis resisted lockdowns”
Desantis: “The part is over in Florida. You’re not going to be able to congregate on any beach in the state, Bars are closed… come back next year” pic.twitter.com/g3uRcZA2yk
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