During a Thursday campaign stop in New Hampshire, a member of the corporate media interrupted Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to accuse the governor of avoiding voters despite him interacting with one at the very moment of accusation. “Why not take any questions from voters, governor?” Associated Press reporter Steve Peoples asked DeSantis while the governor was in the middle of taking a photo with a man attending the event.
“Governor, how come you’re not taking questions from voters?” The reporter pressed as DeSantis smiled for a picture with his arm around the man.
This description refutes itself. “He didn’t talk to members of the audience and got miffed when a reporter interrupted him talking to a member of the audience to ask about it.” It’s basically a description of media insanity. https://t.co/yttjMI2ipT
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) June 1, 2023
“Are you blind?” DeSantis responded. “People are coming up to me, talking to me [about] whatever they want to talk to me about,” he said, effectively thwarting Peoples’ plan to gin up a “DeSantis is avoiding voters” narrative.
Since then, Twitter users have posted video footage of DeSantis answering questions from voters, further disproving Peoples’ allegation.
This isn’t the first time Peoples has tried contriving a fake story about DeSantis. Last month, he claimed DeSantis “made little effort to connect with voters one-on-one at a picnic fundraiser” in Iowa. Those in attendance at the picnic were quick to post footage of the governor taking pictures and answering questions at the event, proving Peoples’
