CNN’s Acosta Blasted For Saying Scientists Should Name COVID-19 Variants After GOP Governors

CNN reporter Jim Acosta says new variants of the SARS-Co-V-2 like the Delta strain now spreading in the U.S. should be named after Republican governors who don’t enforce COVID-19 safety rules, which drew immediate mockery from Republicans on wags on social media.

Acosta singled out Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has opposed a new federal move to mandate masks amid the new outbreak.