Note the framing, which has already been done by other individuals and media outlets — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was missing from the public eye “as coronavirus cases hit new records in Florida.” Coronavirus cases hit a new high in the nation, and President Joe Biden was walking his puppy at his beach house. Coronaviruses his a new high in New York City, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was vacationing in Florida without a mask and fantasizing that her critics are just sexually frustrated because they can’t date her.
As we now know, DeSantis, while maintaining a daily schedule, was accompanying his wife to breast cancer treatments.
As coronavirus cases hit new records in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis' absence in public and the press has been a source of national debate.https://t.co/QtY7q4xfio
— Axios (@axios) January 3, 2022
Wait, is this article serious?
— Uli Kunkel (@UliKunkel2) January 3, 2022
It has not been the source of national debate. It has been the source of a hashtag. https://t.co/gVai1qYVWD
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) January 3, 2022
"Journalists on both coasts have been discussing this breathlessly."
— Will (@Will_Redacted) January 3, 2022
The nation of 300 million is debating one man's absence. 😆
— Dre' (@dre_z88) January 3, 2022
Do people go around wondering where their governor is? I haven't thought about my state's governor in at least 8 months.
— FL (@rnd_next) January 3, 2022
Near complete silence in NJ, as Gov Murphy and wife spent Christmas in Costa Rica. More coronavirus "records" here, but no coverage of why Murphy was away. Once again, it's OK when "we" (Dems) do it, but a crime against humanity when an R does it.
— Legitimately Skeptical (@makennavtgmark) January 3, 2022
There’s so much national debate, this is literally the first I’m hearing of it.
— DuncanDowntown (@DuncanDowntown) January 3, 2022
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*has been a source of wild conspiracy theories
— Gary Collard (@LakerGMC) January 3, 2022
This is a really disappointing taking of bait @axios . Spent 11 seconds to check his Twitter and see if he’s been trumpeting his events around the state.
— Bradley Gerber (@bradleygerber) January 3, 2022
This isn’t doing what you think it’s doing, but by all means… continue doing it 🤠
— Hether Skether 🇺🇸 (@HSkether) January 3, 2022
This is incredibly misleading and lazy. Stop cherry picking and be a real source of info as opposed to feeding into this mass hysteria/cancel culture society YOU let happen.
— Jay (@JDT44) January 3, 2022
https://twitter.com/thegoofyone68/status/1478048802208727046
Gavin Newsom went on a book tour and vacationed in Mexico during a state of emergency this year (Axios didn’t cover).
— “small l” libertarian economist (@small_l_econ) January 3, 2022
Y'all can try to milk a story out of this, fact is we in Florida don't have a debate or controversy.
— Ron Sonic, Electro-Mechanician at Large (@RonSonic) January 3, 2022
But at least two Democratic strategists weighed in on the subject, suggesting maybe he was too ill to appear in public.
Florida is doing great! Gov. DeSantis obviously has things under control even as he takes care of his wife and family. I'm glad you're concerned about them.
— Mark Pyles (@MarkDPyles) January 3, 2022
https://twitter.com/JShmutz/status/1478062857455554562
Desantis has been going to cancer treatments with his wife you scum. I haven’t seen these objections raised when Biden wanted to hide in his Delaware basement or when Buttedge wanted paternity leave
— FreedomDrive (@FreedomDriveUSA) January 3, 2022
Tweets =/= national debate
Even if a national debate did exist, how could anyone actually have something negative to say about a man taking time to take care of his cancer-stricken wife? Only a psychopath would legitimately complain about that
— I need JESUS!! (@cnj8000) January 3, 2022
Hey, cancer treatments only take a few hours.
Related:
Gov. Ron DeSantis roasts media/Dem selective outrage in answer to question about his ‘vacation’ https://t.co/gxcudJDWHN
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 3, 2022