Orlando Sentinel Defiantly Responds to DeSantis Admin’s ‘Attempt to Bully Our Newsroom’: ‘Happy to Report That It Has Failed’

Sarah Rumpf Jun 9th, 2025, 1:37 pm

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editorial board dug in their heels in response to a cease and desist letter sent by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) administration about their reporting on the Hope Florida scandal, publishing an op-ed declaring they would not allow “[t]his attempt to bully our newsroom” to “impact our reporting.”

Hope Florida , a state-created charity program that ostensibly is supposed to be helping connect private nonprofits and faith-based organizations with individuals needing assistance, is viewed by many as having been founded to create a platform for Casey DeSantis to launch her own campaign to follow her term

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