Dr. Ladapo Has Shown Time and Time Again He Is Willing to Abandon Science to Score Political Points for His Boss
Washington, DC – Today, the Florida state Senate confirmed Dr. Joseph Ladapo as the surgeon general of Florida. In response, Coronavirus War Room Director Nicole Haley released the following statement:
“Today the people of Florida have a surgeon general who would rather play political games than do his job. Dr. Joseph Ladapo has shown that he shares Governor DeSantis’ extreme and dangerous views on COVID-19 and will stop at nothing to promote the same misinformation, confusion, and outright lies peddled by his boss throughout the crisis. Rather than supporting common sense measures to protect people, such as vaccines and boosters, Dr. Ladapo has completely abandoned his medical training and ethics to prop up the political goals of Governor DeSantis. If the senators who voted to confirm Dr. Ladapo today actually cared about stopping people from getting sick, they would’ve called for Governor DeSantis to withdraw this dangerous nomination. Instead, they’ve failed to do their jobs and put their constituents at greater risk.”
Read the report from the Coronavirus War Room and Protect Our Care on Dr. Ladapo’s disastrous record here.