Ron DeSantis, Florida governor is determined that nobody should be fired for being unvaccinated. Given the problems in staffing that many of these integral areas are experiencing right now, it seems foolish. But the vaccine has a 99.9% survival rate.
Of course, the mainstream media’s hatred of DeSantis forces them to view reality through a lens that distorts and bends it. It is not only impossible for the Republican governor to do what he wants, but all he does seems malicious. It’s the line they tried to sell to the American people after DeSantis offered veteran police officers a $5,000 signing bonus to out-of-state police so they could get jobs in Florida.
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According to the Daily Wire, the media’s line of attack was best summed up by MSNBC host Joy Reid who zeroed in on during “The Absolute Worst” segment of her show and claimed that he’s paying to bring COVID into his state by specifically hiring unvaccinated police officers:
Do you love to order people, but hate to follow health regulations? Do you dream of arresting people’s ability to breathe while you arrest them? Bring your infectious self and your weapon to Florida. Enjoy constant contact with elderly people you can trust and this bonus money from taxpayers. Every ICU admission and breakthrough case is a new virus spreading freedom. And don’t forget your sunscreen.
She even claimed that DeSantis denied recruiting unvaccinated police despite “literally saying this on Fox News,” and followed it up with a clip of the Florida governor making it clear that “nobody should lose their jobs based off these injections.”
The fact that Reid chose to quote Reid did not specifically mention recruiting unvaccinated cops should make it easy for you to see. However, this does not mean that no one should lose their job for failing to get vaccinated.
The Daily Wire received a comment from DeSantis’s office that actually corrects the record. This plan to add to Florida’s thin blue line was actually suggested months ago before vaccine mandates were a topic of conversation:
“The facts speak for themselves: Governor DeSantis announced this initiative back in August at the Fraternal Order of Police conference, as part of a package of proposals to recruit law enforcement officers from out of state. Vaccine mandates weren’t part of the conversation back then, and vaccination status wasn’t mentioned at all in the governor’s announcement,” DeSantis’ press secretary, Christina Pushaw, told The Daily Wire.
DeSantis himself stated that he wants to help disaffected police officers in New York City and Seattle who have been neglected or mistreated by their communities. Police departments in blue cities have a reputation for underfunding them, so those left are forced to observe as crime destroys their towns.
(READ: Rioters Demolish Portland and Do $500,000 of Damage, as New Bill Forces Police To Stand By And Watch).
All of this is on top of the fact that officers face losing their livelihoods due to being vaccinated. DeSantis’s plan doesn’t just help police officers looking for a better job after being abandoned by their cities, it also helps those who can’t or won’t cave to the vaccine mandates as well.
“Assume what they tell you is false and then figure out why they’re telling you a false narrative,” DeSantis said, addressing the lies of corporate media.
According to The Daily Wire, officers in New York are extremely thankful to DeSantis’ state for how it values police officers and compares to other states. New York’s officer summarized the situation well:
“I was only in the NYPD for about two years. When I was there, I realized very quickly that the job is not what I expected — only because I wanted to do all these things to help people, but the tools and the laws that were set in front of me did not allow me to do so,” said Officer Matt Spoto, who was recruited from the Big Apple to Lakeland, Florida.
He said he could hardly believe a recruiter’s tales about the radically different way Florida values its peace officers compared to liberal New York City. “He said that you could park your police vehicles in front of your house — and to me, I thought that was mind blowing. I used to have to lie about what I used to do,” he said. “I used to have to tell people I was like a bartender, because I was, it was almost like I was ashamed to be a law enforcement officer.”
So not only did the media effectively lie about DeSantis’s intent, they lied about the time frame as well. Moreover, they’re not covering the primary reason behind the hiring practice and the reaction from officers like the one above.
As of now, fact-checking outlets have not addressed Reid’s claims, including the Associated Press which has so diligently policed conservative news outlets such as RedState.
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