For greater than a yr, an more and more bitter dispute has performed out between one of many nation’s highest-profile governors and an ex-state worker who has referred to herself as “a no person.” It has unfolded in information tales, social media posts, and the courts, the barbs usually mixing the private with the political.
Monday introduced the newest chapter within the conflict of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Rebekah Jones, a fired well being division employee who final month was acknowledged as a whistleblower underneath state regulation. Twitter suspended Jones’s account for violating guidelines towards “spam and platform manipulation,” and DeSantis’s workplace repeatedly cheered the platform’s choice, criticizing Jones and accusing her of “buying followers.”
Jones dismissed the accusation as false and “conspiracy-laden,” and she or he cited the Florida state statutes that prohibit makes an attempt to threaten or intimidate whistleblowers.
By: Marisa Iati and Reis Thebault