The Biden administration Monday challenged Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis鈥� assertion that a lack of vaccine supplies from the federal government was holding up the state鈥檚 efforts. DeSantis has repeatedly claimed Florida had the capacity to if the federal government would provide more doses. And last week he dismissed Biden鈥檚 plan to use the Federal Emergency Management Administration to set up vaccination centers.
鈥淚 saw some of this stuff Biden鈥檚 putting out, that he鈥檚 going to create these FEMA camps, I can tell you, that鈥檚 not necessary in Florida,鈥� he said. 鈥淎ll we need is more vaccine. Just get us more vaccine.鈥�
Asked about the governor鈥檚 comments at a Monday press briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki pointed to Florida鈥檚 failure to administer half the vaccine doses the state had already received.
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