Christina Pushaw mixes it up with another reporter over allegations by the Grim Reaper guy

We’re going to have to make a new category dedicated to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ press secretary Christina Pushaw mixing it up with journalists and posting their DMs and emails to Twitter. This one — Scott Powers of FloridaPolitics.com — isn’t quite as condescending as the guy from the AP, but still. Powers was doing a story on whether Pushaw had suggested that Daniel Uhlfelder — the Democratic activist who used to dress up as the Grim Reaper and hassle people on the beach about COVID, and who is now running for attorney general — was behind a fake Nazi protest in Orlando.

Pushaw denied it, obviously, and added that it was shameful that Powers wouldn’t bother to verify Uhlfelder’s claim “before coming at me with this question based on an utterly false premise.”

Look how this creep addresses me. @ScottFist shame on you. You give a bad name to journalists everywhere. pic.twitter.com/NM6GQEEi4f

— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) May 10, 2022

“Who might I verify it with?” he responded, adding, “Maybe, I don’t know, a press secretary whose very job includes verifing/refuting [sic] such things?” “Now. Did you mean to give credence to this tweet claiming that Uhlfelder was behind a fake Nazi protest, or not?” Pushaw suggested maybe searching Twitter first, as it is a public platform.

Powers writes:

Accused of promoting a Twitter post that had charged that an apparent Nazi rally was faked by Jewish Democratic Attorney General candidate Daniel Uhlfelder, Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ press secretary said Tuesday she was only commenting on the masks worn by the demonstrators.

It is the second time this year that DeSantis’ press secretary Christina Pushaw has spurred controversy regarding tweets suggesting apparent Nazi rallies in Orlando might be fake.

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A Twitter user with the handle @gwardhome tweeted, “I am gonna pull the trigger and call this a fake. A scam. First @DWUhlfelderLaw is pushing it, and all he does is lie and try to gun up drama. Second it is maybe 3-5 people, all wearing masks. No other signage past 3 flags.”

Pushaw commented on that tweet with “Masks ???” and an emoji of a mask.

@ScottFist Uhlfelder has reposted a post I made while making that accusation. As you can see, at no point did I say he was behind it. I said he is a liar who makes me doubt the validity of the story. Apparently he feels lying about what people such as myself said is appropriate. pic.twitter.com/AZGXF3QaUJ

— GWardHome (@gwardhome) May 10, 2022

Correct, and my only reply to this was the word "Masks?" because i found it remarkable and strange that the demonstrators were wearing masks outdoors in Florida.

— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) May 10, 2022

Is Scott a reporter or Uhlfeld's dad? pic.twitter.com/Walhf3cQfM

— Cranky "Ultra MAGA Lite" Gordon (@StillCrankyAF) May 10, 2022

Let me guess, his deadline was 5 minutes after he sent that.

Plus, "flag-waiving". Such command of the language can only come from a "journalist".

— 1984 Was Not a How-To Guide (@Gator_Country) May 10, 2022

Since tweets are public record why would he not just look for himself whether or not you retweeted it? Does he not know how this stuff works or is he just really lazy?

— carolyn tackett🐊 (@CarolsCloset) May 10, 2022

He is a partisan hack.

— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) May 10, 2022

Who seriously cares about that fraud @DWUhlfelderLaw.

— PodiatristRonaRon (@PodiatristRon) May 10, 2022

I don’t, I ignore his antics, but fake reporters like Scott are forcing me to because they stupidly take his false allegations at face value

— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) May 10, 2022

The fact that Christina Pushaw has to deal with a constant stream of nonsensical attacks from Florida “journalist” shows that Florida has zero ethical media outlets. The dark money funding these outlets needs to be exposed.

— Joe Glass+ (@TheeJoeGlass) May 10, 2022

So assume the Grim Reaper guy is telling the truth — not that he has an anti-DeSantis bias or anything — and then write up the campaign’s press release as a story.

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Update:

You’ll never guess what The Lincoln Project’s Rick Wilson retweeted:

.@GovRonDeSantis' press secretary @ChristinaPushaw dismisses criticism of comment on 'fake Nazi' tweet.

Reporting by @ScottFist https://t.co/T09Ec7HW5d #FlaPol pic.twitter.com/F3jFbW5dPP

— Peter Schorsch 🇺🇦 (@PeterSchorschFL) May 10, 2022