The popular governor, who won his reelection bid by roughly 1.5 million votes, reportedly made the remarks at a private event, vowing to “hold these manufacturers accountable,” according to Florida’s Voice.
DeSantis touted the state’s Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo — who has spoken out against vaccine mandates, mask rules, and transgender surgeries — praising him for being reliably “really, really strong of just fighting back the narrative and the phony things that people are trying to do and focus on the evidence.”