{"id":1169340,"date":"2021-12-29T13:04:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T18:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1169340"},"modified":"2021-12-29T13:04:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T18:04:34","slug":"ap-quotes-mayor-attacking-ron-desantis-doesnt-mention-hes-married-to-desantis-political-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ap-quotes-mayor-attacking-ron-desantis-doesnt-mention-hes-married-to-desantis-political-rival\/","title":{"rendered":"AP Quotes Mayor Attacking Ron DeSantis, Doesn\u2019t Mention He\u2019s Married To DeSantis\u2019 Political Rival"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fap-quotes-mayor-attacking-ron-desantis-doesnt-mention-hes-married-to-desantis-political-rival%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1169340&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Associated Press crafted an entire article around a mayor\u2019s attacks against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) over his alleged inaction against the Omicron variant \u2014 without mentioning the article\u2019s subject is married to a woman who considered running against DeSantis for governor earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mayor of one of Florida\u2019s largest counties on Tuesday blasted Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, saying he has been missing in action during the latest wave of COVID-19, as some counties brought back mask mandates,\u201d begins the story from the AP, one of the world\u2019s largest and most influential news organizations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur residents, all Florida residents, should be outraged and they should ask the question, \u2018Where is our state? Where is our governor? Where is Ron DeSantis now?\u2019 When is the last time you saw the governor do a press briefing on COVID-19?\u201d the article quotes Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings.<\/p>\n<p>Only in the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-health-miami-florida-ea2f4f557acb1262621529ee1a9ad3eb\">sixth paragraph<\/a> does the Associated Press identify Mayor Demings as a Democrat. At no point in the article does the AP note that Mayor Demings\u2019 wife, Rep. Val Demings (D-FL), had been heavily invested in toppling DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Demings openly mulled the possibility of driving DeSantis, who is widely considered a frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, out of the governor\u2019s mansion in Tallahassee. \u201cMany have asked me to run for governor,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/politics\/2021\/05\/07\/former-orlando-police-chief-congresswoman-val-demings-weighing-run-for-governor-she-says\/\">told<\/a> a Florida TV station in May. \u201cMany have asked me to run for the Senate. I\u2019m still in the process of making the decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFun fact: AP stands for American Pravda,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/christinapushaw\/status\/1476016759404564490\">tweeted<\/a> Governor DeSantis\u2019 press secretary, Christina Pushaw. She retweeted a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimstinson\/status\/1476002356202463232\">message<\/a> from Jim Stinson, a <a href=\"https:\/\/transportdive.com\/\">transportation industry<\/a> reporter, who observed the AP\u2019s Omicron omission. \u201cAP bases article about FL Gov. Ron DeSantis being missing in action on omicron spread on remarks from Jerry Demings, the husband of Congresswoman Val Demings (D), who is challenging Sen. Marco Rubio in 2022. (Doesn\u2019t disclose this.),\u201d he wrote. \u201cAP has fallen far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fun fact: AP stands for American Pravda. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ASQKks6aSi\">https:\/\/t.co\/ASQKks6aSi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christina Pushaw \ud83d\udc0a (@ChristinaPushaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw\/status\/1476016759404564490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Rep. Demings opted to run for U.S. Senate against incumbent Senator Marco Rubio (R).<\/p>\n<p>The Rubio campaign declined to comment on this story.<\/p>\n<p>The AP story also bolsters the severity of the Omicron variant by noting the number of cases statewide \u2014 a metric even the governor\u2019s most <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jrubinblogger\/status\/1437250489876459530\">die-hard critics<\/a> have come to dismiss. \u201cAs we recognize that covid-19 is not a deadly or even severe disease for the vast majority of responsible Americans, we can stop agonizing over \u2018cases\u2019 and focus on those who are hospitalized or at risk of dying,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JRubinBlogger\/status\/1475851939371962368\">wrote<\/a> Jennifer Rubin, a columnist for The Washington Post. Rubin previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/08\/02\/businesses-try-thwart-republicans-death-cult\/\">called<\/a> DeSantis the leader of \u201ca sort of death cult that elevates \u2018owning the libs\u2019 over the prevention of needless death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Florida\u2019s infection rate per 100,000 people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/coronavirus-covid-19\/map\">remains lower<\/a> than states that imposed \u2014 or continue to impose \u2014 stringent lockdowns, such as New York, New Jersey, Illinois, and Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>In November, Governor DeSantis signed legislation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flgov.com\/2021\/11\/18\/governor-ron-desantis-signs-legislation-to-protect-florida-jobs\/\">barring<\/a> employers, government entities, and educational institutions from imposing vaccine mandates. The governor signed the bill, which also bans school mask mandates and lets parents sue offending schools, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-trolls-biden-by-signing-bills-against-vaccine-mandates-in-brandon-florida\">city of Brandon<\/a> \u2014 an apparent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/is-anti-biden-criticism-really-far-more-vulgar-and-widespread-than-any-other-president\">rebuke to President Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The AP\u2019s editorial leadership has indicated earlier this week that the wire service will take a hard line against Republicans who question whether the 2020 election featured any electoral improprieties. Julie Pace, executive editor and senior vice president of The Associated Press, did not dismiss requests from CNN\u2019s Brian Stelter to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/call-out-gop-extremism-brian-stelter-tells-associated-press\">call out GOP extremism<\/a>\u201d as part of its traditional news stories.&nbsp;\u201cYou\u2019re going to see us really focus on\u201d the \u201cJanuary 6th insurrection\u201d \u2014 not only in \u201cthe event itself, but I think what it also symbolized about threats to democracy and what is happening in the United States,\u201d said Pace on Sunday\u2019s \u201cReliable Sources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you be full-throated about the reality? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/call-out-gop-extremism-brian-stelter-tells-associated-press\">Can you call out GOP extremism<\/a> for what it is?\u201d requested Stelter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we have been extremely clear,\u201d Pace replied.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Associated Press crafted an entire article around a mayor\u2019s attacks against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) over his alleged inaction against the Omicron variant \u2014 without mentioning the article\u2019s subject is married to a woman who considered running against DeSantis for governor earlier this year. \u201cThe mayor of one of Florida\u2019s largest counties on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1169340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1169340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1169340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1169340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1169340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}