DeSantis blasts Associated Press in letter over 'smear' COVID drug story: 'Botched and discredited'
August 23, 2021 at 11:40 AM EDT
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis shot back at the Associated Press Monday after the outlet's incoming CEO accused his press secretary of harassing one of its reporters, saying the AP received deserved pushback for a partisan "smear" that could cost lives.