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The hit pieces targeting Florida Governor Ron DeSantis are coming fast and furious but his intrepid press secretary Christina Pushaw is more than up to the task of batting them down and calling out the purveyors of fake news.
In the latest failed attempt to tarnish the popular Republican who is cruising toward reelection this year and remains a formidable challenger to Joe Biden in 2024 if former President Trump declines to run, had barely lifted off of the launching pad before it was shot down in flames.
Pushaw reacted to the bogus report by reporter Mary Ellen Klas, the capital bureau chief for the Miami Herald and co-bureau chief of the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau whose sloppy attempt to stir up a fuss over a “canceled” speech by the governor at a conference of immigration attorneys and wealth management companies was derailed by one very important fact.
Klas wrote that the hosts of the event, which will take place in Miami next month, pulled the plug on DeSantis’ scheduled address as the keynote speaker after receiving complaints over his tough policies on illegal immigration.
NEW: A conference of immigration attorneys and wealth management companies who work with international investors and real estate developers cancels @GovRonDeSantis’ speech over ‘anti-immigrant’ views https://t.co/RMEiw8Wa7X
— Mary Ellen Klas (@MaryEllenKlas) March 24, 2022
According to the story which, in addition to the Miami Herald, was also published by the Tampa Bay Times: “I was seriously considering your kind invitation until I was informed that you have decided to ask Ron DeSantis to be the keynote speaker at the conference,’’ wrote Ira Kurzban, a prominent Miami immigration lawyer, in an email to the conference hosts, EB-5 Investors Magazine. Kurzban shared his email with the Miami Herald.”
“Mr. DeSantis, also known as a Mini-Me for his Trump-like tactics, has engaged in the most virulent anti-immigrant conduct we have ever seen by a public official in this state,’’ he wrote, according to Klas.
Klas included a response from senior editor and vice president of operations for EB-5 Investors Magazine, Marie Ekberg Padilla.
“As a bipartisan organization, the keynote was simply chosen as the highest figure in the state of our event, and we have historically had keynotes from both sides of the aisle,’’ she wrote in the email to Kurzban and others. “With that, a decision has been made to reconsider DeSantis. He will not be joining our event in Miami.”
Pushaw responded by tweeting out a smoking gun in the form of an email from Padilla stating that “The Governor was never confirmed to participate, nor was he uninvited. We made a staff error and are regretful. It’s unfortunate that our event was used by media for political gain,” and requesting that Klas “Issue a correction.”
Issue a correction. pic.twitter.com/hGTNNzZ1a2
— Christina Pushaw 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) March 25, 2022
She’s still waiting as Klas has yet to update her deceptive reporting which has already been picked up by other media outlets eager to promote a false narrative about DeSantis being booted from the speaking slot that the conference host is denying that he was ever confirmed for.
Politico now spreading the debunked falsehood. Incredible how journalists in the Florida Capitol press corps trip over themselves to defend shoddy “journalism.” MEK never verified her story; it is inaccurate, Gov. DeSantis was never scheduled to speak so how could it be canceled? https://t.co/YHKchK4di8
— Christina Pushaw 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) March 25, 2022
Matt this is false. Stop spreading disinformation pic.twitter.com/sKD9NpZpqR
— Christina Pushaw 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) March 25, 2022
Twitter users weighed in on the whopper by Klas and Pushaw’s rebuttal.
Why can’t we ban media that lies like they ban people who speak against their narratives?
— Kelly Johnson (@kelly4florida) March 25, 2022
Here I am being a sucker, having to do my work accurately, when I could have just gone into journalism!
— Wondering Tank (@WonderingTank) March 25, 2022
It’s literally them thinking, “If we say it enough, it will be true.”
— Mike Rathbone (@MikeRathbone86) March 25, 2022
cultists never correct…their lies are intentional https://t.co/2Qt3zxTcvz
— Mitch 🌻 Schmengie (@schmengieBG) March 25, 2022
The “fact checkers’ have conveniently decided to sit this one out.
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Chris Donaldson is an ordinary American who is concerned about rampant corruption as well as the ongoing attacks on our way of life by those who have contempt for our hard-earned freedoms. A Navy veteran, he has been a frequent contributor to conservative websites and resides in Florida.
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Klass is definitely Classless ~ As well as a liar. She falls far shorter than just being bad at her job, she deliberately uses her tainted soapbox to push falsified yet typicallly biased Dem. agendas.
I personally would like to say Thank You again to Christina Pushaw for her proficiency as Governor DeSantis’s secretary and exposing the corrupt media for trying to feed the public with their false narrative. Keep up the good work.
Semper Fi 1969-1989