The nation’s third most populous state, Florida, a needed prize for anyone seeking the presidency, is reverberating this week from a shot fired at Gov. Ron DeSantis, a candidate for reelection and contender for presidential candidate. A report compiled by members of the University of Florida faculty alleges the governor intimidated researchers into suppressing COVID-19 data and other research. As Doug McKelway reports, the report bears some hallmarks of progressive distaste for the governor’s COVID policies.