MIAMI—Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Donald Trump have tightly wound their political fates together in Florida, a state that amounts to a must-win if the president hopes to serve another term in the White House. But as the nation hurtles toward a contentious general election contest, Florida has emerged
MIAMI—Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Donald Trump have tightly wound their political fates together in Florida, a state that amounts to a must-win if the president hopes to serve another term in the White House.
“DeSantis is in a rare category,” added Garcia. “He is not overwhelmingly disliked, but he has seen a precipitous drop in his approval rating.” Florida, on the other hand, is among the states showing the sharpest trend upward in confirmed new COVID-19 cases in recent days, according to Johns Hopkins University.
“We are where we are,” DeSantis told reporters when asked about the state’s reopening. “I didn’t say we’re going to go on to the next phase.” While most governors during the pandemic have seen a “rally around the flag” dynamic, a poll detailed by The Washington Post in May found that DeSantis had one of the lowest coronavirus approval ratings among the nation’s 50 governors. Still, it’s worth noting that the Florida governor did fare 15 points better than the president.
In May, Rebekah Jones, a former Florida Department of Health data staffer, alleged to media outlets that she was forced out of her position after declining to alter state health data. In a recent media blitz, she has aggressively questioned the authenticity of the state’s COVID-19 figures. Throughout the pandemic, DeSantis has remained a strong ally of the president. Trump has returned the favor, praising the governor’s approach to the outbreak. Republicans in the state didn’t seem to see much daylight between the two.
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