Democratic State Senators issued a letter today to Governor DeSantis calling for him to apologize for comments he made last week blaming Hispanic farmworkers for the rise in cases of the COVID-19 virus in Florida.
In the letter, Senators wrote regarding DeSantis’ remarks, “These statements could be characterized as either misinformed insensitive statements or shameful scapegoating of an entire ethnic community, but either way are offensive and inappropriate comments from our State’s Chief Executive.” The letter also requests an apology from the Governor: “On behalf of the nearly five million Hispanics living in Florida, we ask you to rescind and publicly apologize for the hurtful and inaccurate comments you made last week.”
