‘Clicks-First, Facts-Later’: DeSantis Rips Associated Press For Pushing ‘False Narrative’ ‘Which Will Cost Lives’

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) ripped The Associated Press and rejected a request by the outlet to condemn his press secretary for “harassing” an AP journalist.

AP’s incoming CEO, Daisy Veerasingham, wrote DeSantis last week accusing his press secretary, Christina Pushaw, of “harassing behavior” and requesting that the governor step in. DeSantis responded to Veerasingham Monday, refusing her request and blasting her outlet for spreading a “baseless conspiracy theory” about a COVID-19 treatment in an effort to hurt DeSantis politically.