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In a heated back and forth during a Monday press conference about Florida’s rollout of the coronavirus vaccines, Republican Governor Ron DeSantis was forced to put an obnoxious CNN correspondent in their place after they tried to filibuster and talk down to him. The liberal network actually took some time at the end of Erin Burnett OutFront to bellyache about the exchange.
The video clip CNN showed their viewers wasn’t the smear of DeSantis they hoped it was because the clip started with correspondent Rosa Flores asking her question and trying to draw out her time:
ROSA FLORES: Governor, what has gone wrong with the roll-out of the vaccine, that we’ve seen phone lines jammed, websites crash—
GOV. RON DESANTIS: It’s a lot of demand. I mean, I think at the end of the day--
FLORES: Excuse me, if I can finish my question.
“Excuse me. Excuse me. You just said what's gone wrong. So, I’m answering the question,” the Governor shot back as Flores wanted to shout over him and filibuster.
A contentious back and forth flared up as Flores demanded DeSantis let her add unnecessary fluff to her question. DeSantis retorted by noting that she basically wanted to squeeze in multiple questions when other reporters had asked one each.
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