Questions Pile Up About Florida's Surgeon General Pick - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC

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Rachel Maddow shares reporting from the Tallahassee Democrat that Ron DeSantis's pick for new surgeon general of the state of Florida, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, received a Florida medical license in an exceptionally short amount of time, as hundreds of Florida doctors ask the legislature to look more closely at Ladapo before confiming him. Aired on 11/10/2021.

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1. DeSantis had to search a cesspool to find a "doctor" who is pro-Covid

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2. Yup, the actual doctor who told residents the truth couldn't be allowed to continue

Warning constituents of a deadly virus and promoting protections to keep them safe goes against DeSantis' agenda - whatever that is...

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3. Lapado denied the request of a woman battling cancer

he sucks as a human being, too - utterly DISGUSTING

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5. He's following TFG's playbook, bringing in unqualified officials who will do his bidding

Like TFG ignored and insulted the actual medical experts, DeSantis merely replaced "his" Surgeon General with an unqualified candidate who would "follow orders" rather than telling Floridians the truth and establish policies to protect them.

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12. it is sickening

these repukes are pandering to their sick cult at the expense of human decency and public health

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13. That's what I don't get - people are dying! There's no covering that up!

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14. these "pro-life" fuckers DO.NOT.CARE.

all they live for is "owning the libs", doesn't even matter if it is at their own expense - THAT'S how we know it is a CULT

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4. K&R!

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10. Thanks!

Everytime we think DeSantis couldn't get more irresponsible or despicable, he manages to surpass himself...

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6. Some of his former colleagues genuinely think Dr. Ladapo does not believe behind closed doors what h

Some of his former colleagues genuinely think Dr. Ladapo does not believe behind closed doors what he is willing to say in public. “He knows his statements [regarding Covid-19] are not accurate; he knows better.”

The shock has led them to speculate whether Ladapo was willing to sacrifice his medical reputation over career ambition. “He has become a right-wing media darling.

He might like the attention,” one of the sources contacted by MSNBC said. “What hurts me the most is that those in Florida that hired him cite his work at UCLA as a point of admiration… but he is everything this hospital and this institution is not,” said another.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/ucla-sources-desantis-s-handpicked-surgeon-general-mischaracterized-his-experience-n1283629

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8. Doesn't the most important part of the Hippocratic Oath say "Do no harm??"

I heard a physician on MSNBC who was discussing the pandemic say exactly that earlier this week. He must have been referring to this guy...

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15. THAT ALONE should disqualify him

the AMA needs to take action on that quack

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7. DeSantis mega-donor, UF Board of Trustees chair supplied Ladapo's resume, fast-tracking surgeon gene

DeSantis mega-donor, UF Board of Trustees chair supplied Ladapo's resume, fast-tracking surgeon general's hire

University of Florida Board of Trustees Chair Mori Hosseini, a millionaire developer, GOP megadonor and adviser to Gov. Ron DeSantis, sent current Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo's resume to the president of UF Health, newly disclosed emails reveal.

Dr. David Nelson in turn forwarded the Sept. 1 email with Ladapo's resume attached to the dean of the College of Medicine and the associate vice president for research affairs, kicking off a fast-track hiring process for Ladapo to coincide with the governor’s announcement that he was appointing the UCLA professor as his new surgeon general.

“This faculty is interested in coming to join the UF family. Google search him and see if you can guess the story. Will fill you in later but please keep confidential,” Nelson told his deans in a Sept. 2 email, hinting that Ladapo, a UCLA professor with controversial views on COVID-19, was the governor's choice for surgeon general.

"He looks fabulous — let me know what I can do to be supportive!" UF College of Medicine Dean Colleen Koch replied.

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/state/2021/10/28/florida-surgeon-general-desantis-megadonor-connected-joseph-ladapo-uf-emails-mori-hosseini/8583049002/

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9. Thanks so much for the additional information, not that it can be much of a surprise

And here we were thinking that DeSantis was doing as much harm as possible - all by himself.

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11. The GOPlague bodies keep piling up along with him too

Florida is a failed state, murdering its own citizens.

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16. Well.. Josef Mengele is dead

so what other choices would DeSantis have?