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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 4873456" data-attributes="member: 1940"><h3><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/desantis-pandemic-winner-despite-vilified-media-bloomberg-columnist" target="_blank">Bloomberg columnist: DeSantis is the &#039;pandemic winner&#039; despite being &#039;vilified in the media&#039;</a></h3>&quot;For whatever reason, the virus did not flatten Florida the way it did New York, Rhode Island or Arizona. The nation’s third-most populous state ranks 20th in cases per capita and 27th in deaths per capita. Whether DeSantis was adept or merely lucky, the result has been something to brag about. Which, of course, is exactly what he’s been doing,&quot; he wrote.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;There is no question that DeSantis is hoping to capitalize on Florida’s pandemic record to make the case that his policies, which were embraced by the right and scorned by the left, actually worked,&quot; Nocera said. &quot;He’ll point to the failure of remote learning in Democratic strongholds, the deaths and hospitalizations in states that insisted that people wear masks outdoors and the closings of thousands of small businesses that resulted from long lockdowns. Like Trump, he wears the criticism from the left like a badge of honor.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tonyexpress, post: 4873456, member: 1940"] [HEADING=2][URL='https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/desantis-pandemic-winner-despite-vilified-media-bloomberg-columnist'][I][SIZE=5]Bloomberg [/SIZE][/I][SIZE=5]columnist: DeSantis is the 'pandemic winner' despite being 'vilified in the media'[/SIZE][/URL][/HEADING] "For whatever reason, the virus did not flatten Florida the way it did New York, Rhode Island or Arizona. The nation’s third-most populous state ranks 20th in cases per capita and 27th in deaths per capita. Whether DeSantis was adept or merely lucky, the result has been something to brag about. Which, of course, is exactly what he’s been doing," he wrote. "There is no question that DeSantis is hoping to capitalize on Florida’s pandemic record to make the case that his policies, which were embraced by the right and scorned by the left, actually worked," Nocera said. "He’ll point to the failure of remote learning in Democratic strongholds, the deaths and hospitalizations in states that insisted that people wear masks outdoors and the closings of thousands of small businesses that resulted from long lockdowns. Like Trump, he wears the criticism from the left like a badge of honor." [/QUOTE]

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