Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) went knives out against President Donald Trump over the weekend, bashing his administration’s quick Covid-19 vaccine turnaround time as a measure that circumvented informed consent.
DeSantis’ sharp-tongued comments came Saturday during remarks at the Florida Family Policy Council, where he slammed the experimental Covid vaccines as tools of tyranny.
“We can never allow ‘Warp Speed’ to trump informed consent in this country ever again.” pic.twitter.com/Yn3WbqSG1p
— DeSantis War Room (@DeSantisWarRoom) May 21, 2023
“The way they weaponized these COVID vaxes was a massive incursion into our freedoms,” the governor said. “They wanted to deny people the right to put food on their table if they didn’t bend the knee and get a COVID shot that they may not have wanted and that many of them did not need.”
DeSantis, who’s expected to announce a bid for the Republican presidential nomination this week, also fired off a potshot at former president and leading prospective GOP nominee Trump by snidely disparaging his administration’s efforts to accelerate the vaccine process, a major subject of contention in MAGA circles.
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