This past Sunday, critically acclaimed CBS program “60 Minutes” broadcast an alleged bombshell report on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and an apparent “pay to play” scheme involving supermarket chain Publix and the state’s distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
The report alleged that because of a campaign donation Publix made to DeSantis, the governor favored it in the rollout of the vaccine in the state. The program further stated that in doing this, minorities were adversely affected since Publix stores are not as prevalent in their neighborhoods.
The segment included a video of a confrontation between DeSantis and the “60 Minutes” correspondent in which the governor stated that what the correspondent said about Publix was a “fake narrative.” “60 Minutes” decried this as foul play and a deflection.
After the segment aired, video of the full exchange emerged. What it showed was DeSantis explaining the negotiations that occurred between his office and the Democratic-led Palm Beach County over where to distribute vaccines. It was determined that more than 90% of the elderly citizens in the county lived within minutes of a Publix.
The contributions should still be investigated!
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Your a complete moron! There is nothing to investigate and even the democrats involved with the decision to involve Publix called the 60 minutes report a lie by omission hit piece.
For a long time 60 minutes has been known for their slanted lying program.
They will interview a person (Republican, Conservative) for 4 hours and then edit and stitch the interview into 3 minutes of tape to make the person look like they are saying the opposite of what they said.
Hey 5:40 1 legit proven fact please…..
I live in Florida and I can tell you that Publix is the obvious pick for administering vaccines. There is a Publix store near everyone in this state. But let’s consider the source. 60 minutes is as slanted as any other so called “news” outlet. These are the same people that told us that hospitals, airports and hospitals would close on January 1, 2000 because computers weren’t programmed to accept the 21st century. Is that good enough for you 8:36?
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This from Jared Moskowitz, the Democrat Director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management
@60Minutes I said this before and I’ll say it again. @Publix was recommended by @FLSERT and @HealthyFla as the other pharmacies were not ready to start. Period! Full Stop! No one from the Governors office suggested Publix. It’s just absolute malarkey. https://t.co/obkqYcbrzt
— Jared MASKowitz ? (@JaredEMoskowitz) April 4, 2021