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Gov. Ron DeSantis has been featuring anti-vaxxer Dr. Jon Ward at

COVID-19 events as he positions himself for a 2024 presidential run.

Ward said in a podcast appearance last year that Dr. Anthony “Fauci

should face a firing squad” because of his work. </font></b>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ward is a Florida dermatologist who, as Politico recently <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/26/desantis-fringe-dermatologist-platform-00079547">reported</a>, has become “a central figure in DeSantis’ Covid-19 events.” He <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey55C07JrL4">appeared</a> at a <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2023/01/18/the-pandemic-according-to-ron-desantis-00078187">COVID-19 press conference</a> with DeSantis on January 17. In August 2022, DeSantis <a href="https://www.flgov.com/2022/08/05/governor-ron-desantis-appoints-three-to-the-northwest-florida-state-college-district-board-of-trustees/">appointed</a> Ward to the Northwest Florida State College District Board of Trustees. </font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Ward has <a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/commentary/fl-op-col-grimm-mask-vax-mandate-permanent-20230120-ypettttzq5epdcvc7uuf67c2ga-story.html">linked</a>

the death of Lisa Marie Presley to “Pfizer and Moderna” and told

parents to lie to schools about their children’s COVID-19 history.</span> </font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In a statement to Politico, a DeSantis spokesperson

defended the governor and praised Ward, stating: “We thank Dr. Ward for

lending his time and expertise to our press conference to ensure <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">medical

freedom is preserved in Florida.</span>”</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ward has regularly appeared on podcasts and radio programs to discuss medical issues. During the September 8, 2022, <a href="https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/thedrivewaylibertypodcast/episodes/2022-09-08T04_34_42-07_00">edition</a> of<em> </em>The Driveway Liberty Podcast, Ward piggybacked off of DeSantis’ <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/desantis-rages-about-little-elf-fauci-says-to-grab-him-and-chuck-him-across-the-potomac">statement</a> that he wanted to chuck Fauci across the Potomac River by stating: “I think Fauci should face a firing squad myself.” </font></p>

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      <h3 class="media-header__title"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Jon Ward on The Driveway Liberty Podcast</font></h3>

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      <p dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">JON WARD: It’s just one of those things where I say

Fauci by pushing only drugs that were Big Pharma drugs, by not being

willing to tout very cheap, inexpensive, widely available medicines,

Fauci killed hundreds of thousands of people. When Ron DeSantis said he

would like to take that little elf and chuck him across the Potomac, I

said, “Let me be the next one to chuck him across the Potomac.” </font></span>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">CO-HOST: Right. Yeah. So I think the next question — you’ve

been through all the medical ethics classes that I sure as hell haven’t

— what should happen to these people? </font>

<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">WARD: For Fauci, given what we know about the gain of

function research in Wuhan and for him knowingly collaborating with

international scientists to publish a paper claiming that there was no

way that COVID was manmade and that it for sure was natural, I think

Fauci should face a firing squad myself.</font></span></p>

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