violent anti-democratic siege that left five people dead. surely trump and desantis s florida has no problem with that. instead controversy brewed over what she said at a 2022 board meeting when she berated a massage provider who was applying for a license for not speaking english. this is what atkinson said as the provider struggled to communicate with the board. if she can t understand or speak english, she shouldn t be practicing massage. it s ridiculous. there s no requirement to speak english. yeah. to be a massage therapist. the laws need to be changed. this is dangerous to the public. so i ask you again, would you hire this person? what about a cop with a mad sketchy record, would you hire one or several? that s another thing desantis did. and is still doing. a couple years ago desantis unveiled a plan to recruit police officers from other states who didn t want to submit to covid vaccination
either. but florida governor ron desantis did. this is sandra atkinson. her investigation by usa today, she was at the capitol riot, inside, in fact. her friend sherry edwards cox also marched for trump in washington but said she went back to her hotel rather than into the capitol. she told usa today that atkinson claimed to be inside then speaker pelosi s office and bragged about being there. something that this guy, remember him? just caught a four-year prison sentence for. nothing like insurrectionist to boost a flat resume. because two months after january 6th, desantis appointed atkinson to the florida board of massage therapy. meaning she had the power to regulate providers the way a medical board regulates doctors. members can grant or revoke state licenses to massage therapists, often because of their criminal histories. which makes atkinson s appointment all the more confusing. she eventually left the board but not for participating in a
WMNF | The Scoop: WMNF s daily digest of news headlines for Wednesday, May 24, 2023 wmnf.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wmnf.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.