Ron’s Retro-COVID Denialism

A disturbing and deceitful narrative arising around Ron DeSantis.

Photo: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis accepts condolences from a law enforcement officer after failing his audition to be a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader.

I noticed it as soon as Ron DeSantis emerged from the midterms as the Republican Party’s new flavor of the month.

It was a casual assertion — so casual, in fact, that you might easily have missed it — but presented as an obvious fact upon which we all agreed and therefore didn’t even merit elaboration or special emphasis…