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#Ron_DeSantis #Threatens to #Pull #Vaccine from #FLORIDA. county that #accused him of favoring #Wealthy_Whites |

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis threatened to #divert coronavirus vaccine #doses from a county whose officials criticized him for opening a pop-up vaccination site limited to residents of an affluent, #mostly_white_community.

#Manatee_County_officials from #both_parties #criticized the #Republican_Governor after the state's #pop_up clinics in the #area were #limited to #two_zip_codes that are two of the #richest and #least_impacted in the #county, according to the #Bradenton_Herald.

Both zip codes are more than 90% #white with median incomes #over $100,000, according to #WTVT.

Manatee County #Commissioner #Vanessa_Baugh told the Herald that the clinics were set up in #Lakewood_Ranch and #other_wealthy_areas after DeSantis $spoke with Lakewood Ranch #developer #Rex_Jensen, a #campaign_donor.

"You're taking the #whitest_demographic and #richest_demographic in #Manatee County and putting them #before_everyone_else," County Commissioner Misty Servia, a Republican, said during a meeting this week.

"This is #bad for #all of #us, regardless of what district or population we represent because it makes our #system #look_bad," said #County_Commissioner #Reggie_Bellamy, a Democrat.

https://www.salon.com/2021/02/18/ron-desantis-threatens-to-pull-vaccine-from-fla-county-that-accused-him-of-favoring-wealthy-whites/

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