MUST WATCH: Governor @RonDeSantis addresses reports that he said he hopes to “burn” the CDC and NIH “to the ground” pic.twitter.com/aXwCNDHRJr

— DeSantis War Room 🐊 (@DeSantisWarRoom) May 25, 2023

“There was a report that — I had spoken with Bobby Kennedy Jr., and he had said that ‘the governor said that you know, that we need to burn to the ground the CDC’ and all these things,” DeSantis began.

“And I just want to be very clear, full disclosure,” DeSantis continued. “I was not that kind to CDC and NIH and any of those [agencies]. Just for the record, just so your viewers don’t think I’m going soft, but I can’t think of a more catastrophic response than how this country responded to COVID, particularly at the federal level.”

DeSantis went on to call out the CDC directly, along with former Coronavirus Task Force leader Dr. Anthony Fauci, and the FDA.

“And nothing has been done about it, to hold any of those folks accountable,” he said.