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The left are terrified of Ron DeSantis, and that was never made more apparent than how 60 Minutes chose to handle the supposed “scandals” surrounding Florida’s vaccine program. RedState initially covered the absurdity last night. As Jennifer Van Laar put it in her write-up, the memo has gone out to destroy DeSantis, facts be damned.
While 60 Minutes attempted to make it seem like DeSantis had been paid off to allow Publix to host early, pop-up vaccination sites, the truth is much more mundane. You see, Publix has over 800 locations in Florida and also has large facilities and parking lots, a combination unmatched by smaller stores like CVS and Walgreens. Further, and more importantly, they were the only major outlet ready to go in January to start distribution. This is largely due to Publix already taking the lead in delivering millions of flu vaccinations a year. In other words, they had the systems and infrastructure in place.
A Florida Democrat ripped "60 Minutes" on Thursday for pushing the narrative that Gov. Ron DeSantis, R., partnered with Publix on vaccine distributions as a so-callled "pay-for-play" scheme, calling it "absolute malarkey."
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. â Grocery store chain Publix has been at the forefront of the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine in Florida since the start of the year.
However, the Florida-based grocer was heavily criticized in a 60 Minutes story that aired Sunday on CBS.
The story put into question why Gov. Ron DeSantis chose Publix to distribute the vaccine. 60 Minutes obtained campaign finance reports that show Publix donated $100,000 to the governor s political action committee before the vaccine distribution.
The report also said the heiress to the Publix fortune previously gave $55,000 to the governor s PAC.
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