Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ Monday news conference was interrupted by a state resident who called on the official to resign and accused him of falsifying COVID-19 novel coronavirus case numbers.
During his Monday COVID-19 update alongside Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Giménez, DeSantis was interrupted by an individual who later identified himself as Thomas Kennedy, a Florida state coordinator for immigrant advocacy group United We Dream.
“You are doing nothing. You are falsifying information, and you are misleading the public. Over 4,000 people have died, and you [referring to Giménez] are blaming the protestors,” he added. “You guys have no plans, and you’re doing nothing.”
Florida logged more new cases of the novel coronavirus than all of Europe combined on Sunday, as it reported 15,300 infections – the largest single-day increase in positive COVID-19 cases in any state during the pandemic. California set the previous record last Wednesday, with 11,694 positive cases.
The state government has also received pushback for Republican Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran’s emergency order mandating that all Florida school boards “open brick and mortar schools at least five days per week for all students” in August.
Many view the mandate as a dangerous rejection of publicly available data amid an attempt to return to normalcy.
As states such as Florida, California, Texas and South Carolina experience surges in new novel coronavirus cases and related deaths, even US President Donald Trump has taken extra personal precautions and was recently spotted wearing a mask in public for the first time – despite his initial resistance to federal advisories advocating masks.
Sourse: sputniknews.com
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