When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, strolled into Sen. Tina Polsky’s office two weeks ago and refused to wear a mask, who’d have thought that the senator would be the one at the center of hate calls and death threats? Polsky asked Ladapo to don a mask as she is currently in treatment for breast cancer.  Although Polsky’s gotten a lot of hate calls lately, the call she got most recently was one of the most vile: antisemitic, crude, profanity-laden, and menacing—in other words, a typical Republican tirade when their beliefs are being challenged. The call lasted about a minute and the unidentified woman caller ended it with, “F**k off and die.” Nothing but the best from the GOP and its supporters.  Read more