Two things to remember in 2022

1. That viral story you’re so outraged about might be incomplete, misleading or totally made up.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was conspicuous by his absence over the last couple of weeks of 2021, and his opponents were quick to take notice:

The criticism of DeSantis for his absence has been strong.  

'Hasn't Gov. DeSantis been inexplicably missing for like 2 weeks? If he's around, I would be happy to say hello,' Ocasio Cortez tweeted on December 30. 

'His social media team seems to have been posting old photos for weeks.'  

'In the meantime, perhaps I could help with local organizing. Folks are quite receptive here :)'

Joy Reid, the MSNBC anchor, echoed her remarks. 

'Seriously, where is Ron DeSantis? It's genuinely concerning and odd,' she said. 

'Florida is clearly in crisis, which mainly at this point is a leadership crisis.

'Would he pop back up to sue if the Biden administration were to send in federal testing and vaccine help?'  

Reid added: 'A governor, not governing during a crisis; an…