Rebekah Jones, pictured in her office at the Florida Department of Health, was a COVID-19 data compiler who claims she was fired last May. She announced her bid for the US House of Representatives on TuesdayA former Florida Health Department official who was fired for allegedly running a disinformation campaign about the state's COVID-19 response has launched a bid to unseat Matt Gaetz in the US House of Representatives. Jones - a self-proclaimed whistleblower - has been embroiled in her own legal entanglements since she was fired from her state job last May. Jones claimed she was fired because she refused to manipulate the state's infection numbers, but DeSantis has said she was fired because of 'insubordination'. She was also fired in 2017 from Florida State University when she was a PhD student and instructor for having an affair with her student.

Source: Daily Mail June 08, 2021 21:14 UTC