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Former President Donald Trump kicked off his presidential campaign in South Carolina and New Hampshire, claiming Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) “changed his tune” frequently with regard to his handling of COVID-19 and vaccines. DeSantis responded to the dig by citing his record-setting percentage win in the Florida governor’s race as proof the people are satisfied with the job he did.
Straight Arrow News contributor Rashad Richey argues politicizing COVID-19 proves that obtaining power is Trump’s and DeSantis’ true ideology.
All right, let the political COVID games begin. Yeah. COVID. Again, politics.
Governor “Ron DeSatan,” I mean, DeSantis, of the state of Florida and former President Donald Trump…well, according to new information, they’re going to make COVID at the center of the political competition.
Now, here’s something that’s ironic. Those on the Right said that it was actually Democrats who massively politicized COVID-19; that those on the Right were simply trying to maintain order and give people choices. You know, the truth is both political sides politicized COVID-19. But in my humble opinion, conservatives did it the best. They politicized it so much that they started to offer ridiculous alternatives to the vaccine: Lysol, bleach, infrared light…it was insane. But some of this stuff was spewed by those in executive command like Donald Trump.
Now, were they held accountable for all of the insane theories that came from the COVID-19 debacle? Of course not. Not held accountable at all, and as a matter of fact, many of the new members of Congress and the new leaders in Congress, they are doubling down — those on the conservative side, on the conspiracies surrounding COVID.
Now, is there some level of truth to the reality that both sides politicized it? Of course there is. I’ve already mentioned that for the record. But let’s look at actual campaign strategy. According to a new report, the back and forth between DeSantis and Trump, well, that is going to come to a head over COVID.
