This is was absolutely intentional too. The Associated Press is out to get anyone who dared to back Trump in the last election. So Florida’s Governor DeSantis has a target on his back. The AP sought to bash him via a local mayor, but left out an important detail that the mayor’s wife is in fact a rival of DeSantis, so of course, she is going to sling mud at him. But if they included that detail it would have looked far less damning.
“The Associated Press crafted an entire article around a mayor’s attacks against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) over his alleged inaction against the Omicron variant — without mentioning the article’s subject is married to a woman who considered running against DeSantis for governor earlier this year.
“The mayor of one of Florida’s largest counties on Tuesday blasted Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, saying he has been missing in action during the latest wave of COVID-19, as some counties brought back mask mandates,” begins the story from the AP, one of the world’s largest and most influential news organizations.”
“Our residents, all Florida residents, should be outraged and they should ask the question, ‘Where is our state? Where is our governor? Where is Ron DeSantis now?’ When is the last time you saw the governor do a press briefing on COVID-19?” the article quotes Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings.
Only in the sixth paragraph does the Associated Press identify Mayor Demings as a Democrat. At no point in the article does the AP note that Mayor Demings’ wife, Rep. Val Demings (D-FL), had been heavily invested in toppling DeSantis.”
But the Associated Press is against DeSantis anyway.
“The AP’s editorial leadership has indicated earlier this week that the wire service will take a hard line against Republicans who question whether the 2020 election featured any electoral improprieties.”
So we should expect more anti-conservative/biased articles coming out of the AP, especially with hints that Trump may run in 2024.