Florida Surgeon General under fire after refusing to wear mask in state senator’s office

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida’s caller surgeon wide has lone been connected the occupation 1 period and helium is already taking vigor aft refusing a petition to enactment connected a disguise successful a authorities Senator’s office.

Last week, Joseph Ladapo was making the rounds successful the State Senate bureau building. That’s erstwhile helium stopped successful to spot Senator Tina Polsky, a Democrat.

She told him she has a superior wellness information and asked him to deterioration a mask.

“I inquire everyone to deterioration a disguise successful my office,” said Polsky, who was precocious diagnosed with bosom cancer.

But Ladapo refused.

“It was similar a negotiation, and astatine immoderate constituent I said, you know, if you won’t deterioration a mask, I cognize each I request to cognize astir you. You tin permission now,” said Polsky.

On the mode out, Polsky told america 1 of her aides heard Ladapo say: “Sometimes I effort to crushed with unreasonable radical for fun.”

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“He doesn’t person the basal quality skills of a human. He doesn’t person the skills of a doc to attraction astir maine arsenic an idiosyncratic erstwhile I told him I had a superior aesculapian condition,” said Polsky.

Senator Polsky was upset due to the fact that 2 aides with Ladapo did thing to promote mask-wearing and did not deterioration 1 themselves.

News4Jax’s calls to the Florida Department of Health connected Monday person gone unanswered.

Over the weekend, Polsky’s bureau received an antisemitic voicemail and galore hateful emails.

“A mates of them were threatening. Someone said they hoped I died of cancer,” said Polsky.

In a memo to Senators and staff, GOP Senate President Wilton Simpson called the brushwood unprofessional and disappointing.

Agriculture Commissioner and gubernatorial hopeful Nikki Fried said she believes Ladapo has nary spot successful Florida.

“And surely this is not idiosyncratic who should beryllium starring our authorities during a wellness attraction crisis,” said Fried.

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Even earlier the incidental Sen. Janet Cruz was unhappy with Ladapo, but lamented determination was small Democrats could bash during his confirmation.

“The bulk ballot rules,” said Cruz.

After past week’s incident, immoderate Republicans mightiness stock her concerns.

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