Florida Politics

Here are answers to frequently asked questions of the Governor’s Office.

“Before I was Governor, the state paid $77 million for this thing … no question about it, totally not worth $77 million,” DeSantis said in Tampa Monday.

“For those who would say you’re morons,” DeSantis said, “I’d take you any day of the week and twice on Sunday.”

“Those predictions have been false. Our work is succeeding. We have flattened the curve,” the Governor said.

“We are looking at it. We are looking to do more money as well, and that’s something that we’re looking at.”

The state first began reporting deaths in longterm care facilities Wednesday evening and now posts 126 deaths.

The Governor stressed that the benefits from Washington, a $600-a-week allotment, would be delivered via a “hard check.”

Gillum has temporarily pulled away from the public spotlight following that embarrassing episode in a Miami Beach hotel room.

In early April, 39-year-old BSO Deputy Shannon Bennett died after contracting the virus.

But at least in Florida, says the Governor, it doesn’t kill them.

Last week the Florida Department of Employment Opportunity logged more than 3.8 million calls.