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Butt-ugly Psaki attacks Florida's DeSantis, governor's office fires back: 'Psaki is the one playing politics'

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White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday slammed Florida Gov. Ron 
DeSantis over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, accusing the 
Republican governor of choosing "politics" over "public health." 

DeSantis, an outspoken opponent of coronavirus restrictions like state-
level mask mandates, has been repeatedly floated as a potential 2024 
challenger to President Biden. 

During her daily press briefing Monday, Psaki said the Biden 
administration was "ready and available" to provide federal assistance, 
"whether that is Florida or any other part of the country," after the 
Sunshine State broke two coronavirus-related records over the weekend with 
the highest number of reported cases in a day and the highest number of 
hospitalizations per capita. 

FLORIDA BREAKS RECORD FOR COVID-19 HOSPITALIZATIONS

"Twenty percent of the cases we're seeing are in Florida," Psaki said.

"There are steps and precautions that can be taken," she continued, 
"including encouraging people to get vaccinated, encouraging people to 
wear masks, including allowing schools to mandate masks and allowing kids 
to wear masks, which is not the current state of play in Florida." 

Psaki appears to have partially misrepresented Florida policy – DeSantis 
made mask-wearing optional for Florida students but did not prohibit 
students from wearing masks. 

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"So, you know, at a certain point, leaders are going to have to choose 
whether they're going to follow public health guidelines or whether 
they're going to follow politics," she added. "And we certainly encourage 
all governors to follow the public health guidelines."

DeSantis' office fired back at Psaki, pointing out that the state allows 
parents to decide whether their children will wear masks or not, and 
highlighting that the governor held over 50 vaccine-specific events urging 
Floridians to get the shots. 

"By dismissively ignoring Governor DeSantis’ efforts to protect vulnerable 
Floridians, Psaki is the one playing politics with the pandemic," DeSantis 
press secretary Christina Pushaw told Fox News in an email. 

"The White House should be more concerned about the flip-flopping of the 
CDC, which is inadvertently promoting vaccine hesitancy with their 
confusing, contradictory public communications. Stating that vaccinated 
people should wear masks and socially distance is implying that the 
vaccines do not change anything, which is the wrong message for our 
federal government to be promoting."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/psaki-criticizes-desantis-florida-
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