{"id":611780,"date":"2021-08-04T19:21:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T23:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=611780"},"modified":"2021-08-04T19:21:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T23:21:16","slug":"psaki-blasted-over-misleading-attack-on-desantis-trying-to-distract-from-her-bosss-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-blasted-over-misleading-attack-on-desantis-trying-to-distract-from-her-bosss-failures\/","title":{"rendered":"Psaki Blasted Over Misleading Attack On DeSantis: \u2018Trying To Distract From Her Boss\u2019s Failures\u2019"},"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%2Fpsaki-blasted-over-misleading-attack-on-desantis-trying-to-distract-from-her-bosss-failures%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=611780&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Psaki1-1-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki faced backlash on Wednesday over her misleading attack on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis\u2019 efforts to get his state vaccinated, with critics saying that her attack was nothing more than an attempt to deflect from President Joe Biden\u2019s struggles to get the pandemic under control.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/psaki-uses-edited-clip-to-attack-desantis-falsely-implies-he-isnt-helping-get-people-vaccinated\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"6\">\n<p><em>Psaki commented on a clip posted by a leftist Twitter account that sought to portray DeSantis\u2019 remarks in a negative light while excluding the overwhelming majority of what he actually said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden [has] taken to himself to try to single out Florida over COVID,\u201d DeSantis says in the selectively-edited clip. \u201cThis is a guy who ran for president saying he was going to, quote, \u2018shut down the virus.\u2019 And what has he done? He\u2019s imported more virus from around the world by having a wide open southern border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c23% of new COVID hospitalizations in the U.S are in Florida, and their hospitals are being overwhelmed again,\u201d Psaki claimed. \u201cWe are doing everything we can to help the people of FL, and they\u2019re stepping up by getting vaccinated \u2013 we hope @GovRonDeSantis joins us in this fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The following are just a few of the responses that Psaki\u2019s tweet elicited online:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Florida Republican Party<\/strong>: \u201c@PressSec, Florida hospital directors say @GovRonDeSantis was 100% right to prioritize vaccines to #seniorsfirst\u2013\u2013it saved lives. #COVID19 hospitalization stays are shorter, monoclonal treatments are working, &amp; there\u2019s been a significant reduction in mortality rates since 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.729344729345\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PressSec<\/a>, Florida hospital directors say <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovRonDeSantis<\/a> was 100% right to prioritize vaccines to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/seniorsfirst?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#seniorsfirst<\/a>\u2013\u2013it saved lives. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> hospitalization stays are shorter, monoclonal treatments are working, &amp; there&#8217;s been a significant reduction in mortality rates since 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ge5AqG4Oec\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ge5AqG4Oec<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Florida GOP (@FloridaGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FloridaGOP\/status\/1423035589067264001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>John Cooper<\/strong>, Communications Director at the Heritage Foundation: \u201cThe Biden administration is literally releasing thousands of COVID-positive illegal aliens into U.S. border towns cities every week. Spare the fake outrage over your own disastrous policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.41015625\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Biden administration is literally releasing thousands of COVID-positive illegal aliens into U.S. border towns cities every week. <\/p>\n<p>Spare the fake outrage over your own disastrous policies. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BELMDuWlPh\">https:\/\/t.co\/BELMDuWlPh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Cooper (@thejcoop) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thejcoop\/status\/1423022889851408386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Matt Whitlock<\/strong>, political strategist: \u201cJen Psaki has spent most of the last 2 weeks frantically trying to undo the damage of the CDC\u2019s disastrous messaging on the Delta spike. They clearly see DeSantis as a better scapegoat to change the subject from their own failures.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.558441558442\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jen Psaki has spent most of the last 2 weeks frantically trying to undo the damage of the CDC\u2019s disastrous messaging on the Delta spike. <\/p>\n<p>They clearly see DeSantis as a better scapegoat to change the subject from their own failures. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BiBXK2GARZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/BiBXK2GARZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattdizwhitlock\/status\/1423019789048500230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Michele Perez Exner<\/strong>, communications coordinator for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA): \u201cHere is the WH going more aggressively against a Governor that has done the best job by far of balancing protecting public health with the economic\/education needs of his residents, than they did with a governor who sexually harassed at least 11 women.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.7703927492447\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here is the WH going more aggressively against a Governor that has done the best job by far of balancing protecting public health with the economic\/education needs of his residents, than they did with a governor who sexually harassed at least 11 women. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gLJXcfOM1O\">https:\/\/t.co\/gLJXcfOM1O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michele Perez Exner (@michelepexner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michelepexner\/status\/1423030489833746440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Bryan Dean Wright<\/strong>, Democrat and former CIA officer: \u201cThe Biden Regime is sending COVID+ illegal immigrants into Florida and has the audacity to say this.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9818181818182\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Biden Regime is sending COVID+ illegal immigrants into Florida and has the audacity to say this: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w7uMmAzUKd\">https:\/\/t.co\/w7uMmAzUKd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BDW (@BryanDeanWright) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BryanDeanWright\/status\/1423022695575429121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mike Cernovich, political commentator: \u201cYou heard Press Sec, @GovRonDeSantis. Florida is too dangerous to keep taking blue state refugees. Seal off the border immediately. For *their* protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.6363636363636\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You heard Press Sec, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovRonDeSantis<\/a>. Florida is too dangerous to keep taking blue state refugees. Seal off the border immediately. For *their* protection. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OWN5QSajL7\">https:\/\/t.co\/OWN5QSajL7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cernovich (@Cernovich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cernovich\/status\/1423027266389381124?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jerry Dunleavy, reporter: \u201cInteresting to see the Biden Admin openly going to war with DeSantis like this. Also, again \u2013 DeSantis has been recommending that people get vaccinated from the very start. There was a big invented scandal way back in **April** about DeSantis\u2019s efforts in early **January** to get people vaccinated. He\u2019s been on TV talking about vaccinations for many months.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.534743202417\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Also, again \u2013 DeSantis has been recommending that people get vaccinated from the very start. There was a big invented scandal way back in **April** about DeSantis&#8217;s efforts in early **January** to get people vaccinated. He&#8217;s been on TV talking about vaccinations for many months.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1423020626411933700?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Emma-Jo Morris, reporter: \u201cRoughly 1 million people have illegally entered the country since February \u2014 we don\u2019t know who they are or where they came from, let alone their COVID status \u2014 and the Washington Post reported *yesterday* that the White House will *start* vaccinating them soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.7922848664688\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Roughly 1 million people have illegally entered the country since February \u2014 we don\u2019t know who they are or where they came from, let alone their COVID status \u2014 and the Washington Post reported *yesterday* that the White House will *start* vaccinating them soon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/agcRD1oKCv\">https:\/\/t.co\/agcRD1oKCv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emma-Jo Morris (@EmmaJoNYC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmaJoNYC\/status\/1423055113493614593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jesse Hunt, RGA Communications Director: \u201cTaxpayer-funded spox is trying to distract from her boss\u2019s failures by creating a political argument against a high profile Republican.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.3432835820896\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Taxpayer-funded spox is trying to distract from her boss\u2019s failures by creating a political argument against a high profile Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WeZLgCIHm7\">https:\/\/t.co\/WeZLgCIHm7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jesse Hunt (@JJHunt10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JJHunt10\/status\/1423019501554130945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Other responses included:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.48\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m sorry, I don\u2019t see DeSantis anywhere in these clips. But your boss and the Border Czar (who you\u2019ve been planting hit pieces on) are both featured prominently here.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7naGYLd0t9\">pic.twitter.com\/7naGYLd0t9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xpkqhWydVh\">https:\/\/t.co\/xpkqhWydVh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArthurSchwartz\/status\/1423024579207999488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.6741573033708\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hit a nerve huh. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IMBsjqKf2v\">https:\/\/t.co\/IMBsjqKf2v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redsteeze\/status\/1423017717578158080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.6692913385827\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll circle back to give ya\u2019ll another beat down. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vgoyxnQ0lZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/vgoyxnQ0lZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ned Ryun (@nedryun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nedryun\/status\/1423020252846231559?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.1194968553459\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DeSantis has championed vaccination, especially among the most vulnerable \u2014 for which he was attacked and smeared.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Guy Benson (@guypbenson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guypbenson\/status\/1423021859428343808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.8453608247423\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Notice how she won\u2019t address the border? DeSantis is right.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kambree (@KamVTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamVTV\/status\/1423025194227089412?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.402877697842\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At the beginning of the year, there was a &#8220;scandal&#8221; about DeSantis making the vaccine as widely available as possible, including in Publix stores. He&#8217;s been doing this longer than you&#8217;ve been in office. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R2AEOs0aks\">https:\/\/t.co\/R2AEOs0aks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jtLOL\/status\/1423034734888857604?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>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 <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki faced backlash on Wednesday over her misleading attack on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis\u2019 efforts to get his state vaccinated, with critics saying that her &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-611780","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\/611780","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611780\/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=611780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}