>>BRUCE HAMILTON: FLORIDA’S AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER NIKKI FRIED IS NOT
MINCING WORDS. CABINET MEMBER
SAYS GOVERNOR DESANTIS HAS LOST
CONTROL OF FLORIDA’S COVID-19
RESPONSE FREED SAYS THAT THE
SPIKE IN RECORD BREAKING
NUMBERS ARE NOT PROOF ENOUGH,
HIS POLICIES ARE SIMPLY NOT
WORKING AND HE’S RECKLESSLY
REOPENING FLORIDA DESPITE THE
DATA SCREAMING FOR CAUTION
REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
ALARMING PATTERNS IN CASES
HOSPITALIZATIONS AND POSITIVITY
IS NOT ONLY ARROGANT THAT WILL
COST LIVES PUBLIC HEALTH.
AND OUR ECONOMY. COMMISSIONER
NIKKI FRIED JOINS US LIVE NOW
IN THE
MORNING SHOW YOU KNOW DOCTOR
COCKY WITH THE VACCINE CENTER
AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN
HOUSTON SAID
QUITE EMPHATICALLY, STOP
SCORING AROUND AND I ASKED THIS
QUESTION OF AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST
WE TALKED TO AT 7.40 THIS
MORNING IS FLORIDA SCORING
AROUND WHAT YOU THINK.
>> YEAH I DON’T KNOW THE SAYING
THAT THEY’RE SCURRYING AROUND
IS JUST YOU KNOW IN THE
GOVERNOR GOES AROUND AND CLAIMS
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED AND AND PRESS CONFERENCES YELLS AT THE PRESS FOR CONTINUED TO ASK
QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID
UNEMPLOYMENT AND YOU ALSO
EMPEROR ASKING US THAT WE BEAT
IN A SWEET WINE.
YOU KNOW MOST TEAMS LIKE YOU
DOESN’T WANT US TO IGNORE THE
FACT AND THAT’S VERY DANGEROUS
FOR OUR STATE AND OUR ECONOMY.
WE KNOW THAT
FLORIDA IS TOURISM IS NO ONE
NOT OF DRIVER AN ACT WHICH ARE
SIMPLY TOO. IF WE DON’T GET
THIS UNDER CONTROL,
THERE’S NO WAY THAT PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO BE COMING BACK TO OUR
STATE ARE TRAVELING SAYS.
SO WE’VE GOT TO TAKE THIS
SERIOUSLY YOU’VE GOT TO STEP UP
INTO LEADERSHIP GOT TO BE
HONEST CITIZENS OF OUR STATE
OUT EXACTLY WHAT IS HIGH
HAPPENING NUMBERS AND MAKE SURE
TO CALL IT CORPORATE. RUSSIANS
TO TRY TO GET BACK TO END ALL.
>> SO THE GOVERNOR DID MOVE TO
STOP ALCOHOL SALES.
AT BARS IS THAT ENOUGH WHAT
OTHER STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN.
>> THERE’S A LOT OF STEPS THAT
COULD COULD BE TAKEN SHOULD
HAVE TAKEN A NEEDS TO
BE TAKEN. YOU KNOW, I WAS VERY
HOPEFUL WHEN HE LAUNCHED YOU
KNOW THAT THE REOPENING TASK
FORCE PLAN WAS
VERY METHODICAL VERY
DATA-DRIVEN AND HAD CERTAIN
POINTS THAT NEEDED TO BE MET IN
ORDER TO GET INTO A SWAN.
CNN SPACE TOO AND THEN THE
IMPLEMENTATION JUST WENT OUT
THE WINDOW. YOU
FOR BEING OPEN TO ARBITRARILY
GOING INTO A STEWART REALLY
WITHOUT MEETING THOSE
BENCHMARKS AND SO WE SHOULD
HAVE BEEN ALL AROUND THE
DATA-DRIVEN ASSETS AND MAKE
SURE THAT WE’RE OPENING A
BOARDING
THAT’S WANT. WE ALSO KNOW THAT
WEARING MASK HAS SOMEHOW BECOME
POLITICALLY CHARGED THIS IS NOT
A DEMOCRATIC OR REPUBLICAN
ISSUE THIS IS A HUMAN RIGHTS
ISSUE. SO ANY HUMAN ISSUE AND
SO I HAVE CALLED FOR A
STATEWIDE MASK FOR INSTANCE.
BECAUSE AGAIN IF WE’RE ALL
GOING TO BE IN THIS TOGETHER WE
NEED TO ALL BE IN THIS
TOGETHER. WE KNOW THAT MASS
WON’T STOP THE SPREAD, BUT IT
CERTAINLY WILL SLOW IT DOWN THE
OTHER ASPECT THAT WE HAVEN’T
GOT ANY UP IS UNFORTUNATE.
WE LEFT IT UP TO THE LOCALS TO
REALLY
GO INTO WHETHER OR OR
RESTAURANT,
A SHAM. ANY OTHER YEAR STARTER
SINCE HER ACTUALLY I’M MEETING
THE RIGHT
REGULATIONS IATSE AND SO WHAT
I’M ASKING FOR CITIZENS OF OUR
CITY ACTUALLY OPEN UP OUR OWN
CONSUMER HOTLINE EARLIER THIS
WEEK TO
TAKE PLACE. REPORTS FROM
CITIZENS ACROSS THE STATE OF
FLORIDA. SO THAT WE CAN HELP
WITH THE ACTUAL IEDS THAT’S
TOO THANKS AND 3 OBVIOUSLY
MOVING FORWARD. INTO IT ANYMORE
REOPENING IS OBVIOUSLY NOT
SICK. AND THE OTHER PART IS
THAT THE HONESTLY THE CITIZENS
YOU CAN’T KEEP KIND OF YEAR
BLAMING DIFFERENT SECTORS OR
STATE WHETHER HE AT ONE POINT
HE. HE CLAIMED THE HIGH STAKES
ARE BECAUSE
HISPANIC WORKFORCE AND NEXT A
SPY BECAUSE OF OUR USE OF
SOCIAL RISING TOO MUCH. THE
REALITY IS IS THAT WE NEED TO
BE IN THIS TOGETHER WE NEED TO
HAVE COMPREHENSIVE. THE RACE
COURSE MONTHS AND WE MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE BEING
YOU’RE GETTING ALL THE RIGHT
INFORMATION TO PEOPLE OR STATES
AND THEY CAN TAKE THEIR OWN
PERSONAL PRECAUTIONS AS WELL.
>> NOW WE DO
HAVE MASKS. AN ORDINANCE NOW
HERE THAT WENT INTO EFFECT JUST
AT 5 O’CLOCK LAST NIGHT.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE
TESTING DATA BECAUSE THERE’S
SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING THE
NUMBERS
WE’RE GETTING THEY’RE NOT
ACCURATE AND THE CDC BASICALLY
SAYS THE NUMBERS MAY ACTUALLY
BE 24 TIMES HIGHER THAN WHAT
WE’RE HEARING. THE HOSPITALS
WERE HEARING ARE NOT BEING
FORTHCOMING WITH THE NUMBER OF
BEDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW.
>> YEAH AND THAT’S THE
SOMETHING AND I CERTAINLY HAVE
RAISED A HUGE CONCERN ON HAS
BEEN VERY CRITICAL OF
THE GOVERNOR BECAUSE WE’RE
HEARING DECEPTIVE REPORTS
COMING OUT EVEN FROM YOU KNOW
FEBRUARY MARCH THAT WE HAVE
CASES HERE IN THE STATE
OF FLORIDA. AND THE GOVERNOR
WASN’T TELLING THE CITIZENS OF
OUR STATE THAT WE HAVE
COMMUNITY SPREAD ACTUALLY
WAS TONIGHT. THEN WE HEARD YOU
KNOW THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE
GREAT NUMBERS COMING OUT OF
NURSING
HOMES PRISONS THAT HIS MINISTRY
SHUN TOLD MEDICAL EXAMINERS
UNDERREPORT OR NOT OR COULD ASK
SAME THING THAT CHANGED THE
NUMBERS HOW YOUR COURT ICU
THAT’S AND SO THAT’S GOING TO
BE CONCERNED THAT WHEN YOU’RE
TALKING ABOUT HEALTH CARE
CRISIS AND HAVING TO HAVE
PEOPLE MAKE OR HER SUSPICIONS
AND BUSINESSES WHETHER OR NOT
THEY’RE GOING TO OPEN ROUTES.
CAUTIONS IF YOU’RE NOT GIVING
ALL THE CORRECT INFORMATION TO
THE CITIZENS AND UNDER
REPORTING NUMBERS. YOUR PEOPLE
AND RISK IN JEOPARDY AND I
THINK I EVEN HEARD THIS
MORNING. THE U.S. MILITARY IS
BANNING OF SERVICE MEMBERS
TRAVELING TO THE STATE OF
FLORIDA. THAT MEANS EVERYBODY
ELSE IS TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY
SO WE NEED TO GET
INFORMATION CRACKED AND GOING
OFF TO AWESOME YOU KNOW ONCE
THAT WE OFFERED A STORY ABOUT
REBECCA JONES REASER ANY
PERMANENT HELP
YOU RESIDE. OUR CITY WAS FIRED
BECAUSE SHE CLAIMS SHE WAS
BEING TOLD TO
MANIPULATE NUMBERS SO IT REALLY
CREATES A HUGE TRUST FACTOR,
I’M NOT GOVERNOR STALLION AND
HOW DO WE DO FOR ITS CITIZENS
OF OUR STATE CAN TRUST
INFORMATION COMING OUT OF
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND LOOK
YOU TALK TO SOME HEALTH
OFFICIALS AND THEY SAY.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: IN ABOUT 2
WEEKS TIME THERE
IS CONCERN THERE WON’T BE ICU
BEDS AVAILABLE AND HOSPITALS
WILL BE OVERRUN.
>> YEAH, THAT’S ONE OF THE
FIRST CONCERNS THAT I RAISED
WHEN I HAD ASKED THE CLOSED
INTERSTATE 3 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE
GOVERNOR DOING SO
THE CONCERN FOR ONE THAT THAT
THE OVERALL SPREAD OF
THE VIRUS TO IS IT THAT DRAIN
ON OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
AND WE WANT TO ADD BEDS
FOR PATIENTS THAT NEEDED HER
BED OR ACTUALLY YOU KNOW
INDIVIDUALS ARE STILL HAVE CAR
ACCIDENTS. THEY’RE STILL GOING
TO HAVE YOU KNOW HEART ATTACKS
AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE ENOUGH SPACE FOR ALL THOSE
PATIENTS
AS WELL AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT
WE AND OUR ECONOMY IF WE
COULDN’T HAVE GOT THIS UNDER
CONTROL PEOPLE AREN’T GOING TO
TRAVEL BACK TO THE STATE
OF FLORIDA. I MEAN THESE ARE
DEFINITELY HUGE CONCERNS AS
WE’RE SEEING THESE NUMBERS STAY
UP ALL THROUGHOUT THE STATE
ON THE AMOUNT OF HOSPITAL BEDS
THAT WE HAVE A DEAL OR SEEING
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS WELL AS
SITES ARE HAPPENING ALL ACROSS
THE COUNTRY. >>BRUCE HAMILTON: ACCORDING TO THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
SECRETARY HE SAID TIMES RUNNING
OUT HERE TO STOP THE SPREAD.
YOU WORRY THAT WE’RE RUNNING
OUT OF TIME.
>> YOU KNOW I WORRY THAT AT
SOME POINT. THERE WILL BE NO
ONE REALLY TO CONTROL
THE VIRUS. THAT IT’S ME SO
WIDESPREAD THAT YOU GO OUT AND
YOU’RE YOU PATRONIZE YOUR
RESTAURANT WORK. GOOD JAM.
I’M A HUGE JEN YOU KNOW JIM AND
I I WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE TO
GET EVERY MORNING
BACK SMIDGEN BUT UNFORTUNATELY
I WAS HEARING KEYS YESTERDAY
HERE IN TALLAHASSEE
THAT THERE IS A CLASS THAT WENT
ACROSS THAT HERE IN TALLAHASSEE
ONE INDIVIDUAL. IN THAT GYM YOU
TESTED POSITIVE.
SO DOES THAT MEAN THE ENTIRE
GYM NOW HAS TO BE QUARANTINED
AND SO THESE ARE DIFFERENT
THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING EVERY
SINGLE DAY THAT YOU’RE HEARING
ABOUT AND WE DON’T HAVE A
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THAT OUR
GOVERNOR AND OUR PRESIDENT ARE
ACTUALLY TAKING
THIS SERIOUSLY. AND THAT’S PART
OF CARDS YOU YOU KNOW WHEN THE
GOVERNOR HAS BLAMED THE SPIKE.
FOR A YOUTH BECAUSE THEY ARE
TAKING IT SERIOUSLY WONDER THEY
LEARNED THAT FROM
YOU KNOW OUR GOVERNOR DOESN’T
WEAR A MASK MAYBE UNTIL JUST
RECENTLY RETURNED TO SEE SOME
OF HIS TEAM MEMBERS FOR MASS,
THE PRESIDENT CERTAINLY DOESN’T
WEAR
A MASK, ANAGAIN ALL CLAIMS
THAT WE ATE MESSAGE THAT WE
STOP THE STOP THE SPREAD WEEK
SLAPPED HER AND EVERYBODY’S LET
DOWN THERE ARE SECURITY GUARDS
AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS PEOPLE
ARE GOING BACK OUT AND
SOCIALIZING IN GROUPS.
HANG OUT AT FRIENDS OUT OF
PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW MAY HAVE
BEEN EXPOSED. AND SO WE DON’T
GET THIS UNDER
CONTROL NOW WE’RE WE’RE REALLY
GOING TO HAVE SOME ISSUES AND
OF COURSE YOU KNOW YOU GUYS,
JACKSONVILLE, HAVE AREN’T SEE
COMING AND AUGUST. AND SO NOW
WE’RE PUTTING NOT ONLY THE
CITIZENS OR SAY TO US. IF 2000
US AND IN JEWELS THAT WOULD BE
TRAVELING TO JACKSONVILLE WHICH
NOW OF COURSE AND IT’S GREAT
FOR OUR
ECONOMIC NEWS. BUT AT WHAT COST
OR IS THAT THE COST OF THE
LIVES OF THOSE
WHO ATTEND AND THOSE THAT ARE
IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS ON
INTO
POLK COUNTY.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: SO HOW DO YOU
GET THE GOVERNOR’S AIR ABOUT
THAT I MEAN YOU TOLD ME THAT
YOU HAVEN’T TALKED
TO HIM IN 3 MONTHS TO HAVE
OTHER ALLIES IN THE CABINET OR
IN STATE GOVERNMENT THAT CAN
BASICALLY SAY HEY LOOK
GOVERNOR DESANTIS YOU KNOW
WE’VE GOT TO CHANGE THE CULTURE
HERE RIGHT NOW AT THIS HAS
BECOME A POLITICAL HOT POTATO
AND POLITICS WHEN IT COMES TO
HEALTH CRISIS REALLY SHOULDN’T
PLAY A ROLE.
>> YEAH, I PROBABLY ONE OF THE
HEARTBREAKING ASPECTS
TO THIS. IT IS REALLY HOW THIS
BECOME A
PARTISAN DIVIDE AND YOU’RE
RIGHT GOVERNOR AS YOU PROBABLY
MOST PEOPLE KNOW AT THIS POINT
I
DON’T TALK. WE HAVEN’T ACTUALLY
CATION SENSE. A PANDEMIC
STARTED I TRIED REACHING OUT TO
HIM ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS EYE
AND TISSUE STAFF TO TALK
ABOUT AGRICULTURE. OUR FEEDING
PROGRAMS ARE IN CHARGE OF
FEEDING ALL OF OUR CHILDREN THE
STATE WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR
SEED BANKS, AGRICULTURE NOW IS
NUMBER ONE ECONOMIC DRIVER.
SO WE TRIED TO REACH OUT AND
TRY TO TALK
TO YOU AND UNFORTUNATELY I
NEVER RECEIVED ANY PHONE CALLS
BACK. I WAS LEFT OFF THE TASK
FORCE REOPENING AND IN FACT A
LAST THE FLORIDA CONGRESSIONAL
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. I WROTE A
SIMILAR LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR
ASKING FOR A MEETING 8 YOU HAVE
BEEN UNABLE TO GET ANYBODY
INSIDE
THE OFFICE. YOU KNOW I I THINK
IT COMES DOWN TO THE CITIZENS
OF OUR STATE HAVE TO
STEP UP. THAT OUR OUR MAYORS IN
OUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS
UNDERSTAND TAPS JOB.
PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF THEIR
OWN STATE AND WHICH ONES YOU
HAPPY TO ELEVATE OUR VOICES
BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT’S WHAT’S
REALLY DISHEARTENING ABOUT ALL
OF THIS IS THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS SURROUNDED HIMSELF WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE YES MEN AND
WOMEN AND NOT CHALLENGE HIM
INTERNALLY OR NOT COME TO THE
TABLE WITH DIFFERENT OPINIONS
TO KIND OF BALANCE WHAT’S
HAPPENING
OUT THERE, HE’S GOT PEOPLE ALL
ACROSS THE STATE ALREADY
THEY’RE SCARED. YOU KNOW MY MOM
IS IT JUST WENT TO A YEAR AND A
HALF CANCER AND CHEMO TREATMENT
AT 90 YOUR MOTHER AND THEY’VE
BEEN LOCKED UP FOR JUST 3
MONTHS, THEY FEEL LIKE
YOU KNOW HOW WHAT KIND OF
ADVICE TO HELP THEM AND TO BE
ABLE TO GO OUT YOUR STORY IS MY
GRANDMOTHER ALSO WANTS TO PLAY
CARDS WITH
HER FRIENDS. I AND TIER AND SO
IT’S TIME THAT WE GET THIS
UNDER CONTROL AND THE GOVERNOR
STARTS LISTENING TO THOSE THOSE
PLACES THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE
REALLY HURTING RIGHT NOW ON IT,
YOU KNOW UNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEM IS
STILL
A MESS. THEY STILL HAVE YOU
KNOW PEOPLE THAT ARE WORRIED UP
GOING BACK TO WORK BECAUSE THEY
MAY
BE EXPOSED. SO UNTIL WHICH TIME
THAT THE GOVERNOR STARTS TO
STEP UP WE REALLY UNDERSTAND
NOT JUST A BUSINESS CLIMATE
THAT THE INDIVIDUALS.
YES ARE SHOWING UP AND 80
INDIVIDUALS OUR STATE AND THE
CONCERNS ABOUT THE SPREAD OF
IT.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: AND IF DOCTOR
FAUCI IS RIGHT THIS VIRUS IS
GOING TO BE WITH US AT LEAST