Inside Ron DeSantis’s Plan to Ride Anti-vaxxism to the White House

Trump’s Arrest Meltdown • Fox News Sued Again • Live From GOP Retreat [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Inside Ron DeSantis’s Plan to Ride Anti-vaxxism to the White House Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Katherine Eban [takes us]( deep inside Ron DeSantis’s probe into COVID-19 vaccine makers, which has experts worrying will push anti-vaxxism into the official platform of the GOP and have far-reaching public health ramifications. Already, it has impacted pediatric COVID vaccine uptake in Florida. “What appears to be happening is this fringe group has taken over DeSantis’s COVID policy,” a Miami-based doctor tells Eban. Also in Florida, Abigail Tracy [reports]( from Orlando, where House Republicans are holding their annual retreat to tout their conservative agenda. But the conference has been hijacked by Donald Trump, whose possible indictment—and social media posts about maybe getting arrested—have “eclipsed any other agenda item, from GOP talking points on inflation, China, Joe Biden’s policies, and the debt ceiling,” Tracy writes. Bess Levin [finds]( Trump posting his way through the prospect of getting criminally charged in a “multihour meltdown,” having shared no less than a dozen posts about the looming indictment. Thanks for reading! [Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Speaking on October 29, 2022.]( [Inside Ron DeSantis’s Plan to Ride Anti-vaxxism to the White House]( By [Katherine Eban]( [He was for the COVID-19 vaccines before he was against them, but now Florida’s governor is all-in on vaccine skepticism—and hoping to use the issue to outflank Trump on the right.]( [Read more button](   [Republicans Planned a Retreat to Tout Policy. Donald Trump Sucked Up Oxygen—Again]( By [Abigail Tracy]( [House Republicans descended on Orlando for their annual conference about their agenda. Instead, they had to answer for Trump’s social media posts about the possibility of his arrest.]( [Read more button](   [Trump Is Taking His Looming Criminal Indictment in Typical Stride—By Losing His Mind]( By [Bess Levin]( [The ex-president has spent the last 24 hours raging online, posting weird-ass videos, and telling his followers that prosecutors are “coming after you.”]( [Read more button](   [Fox News Producer Claims Fox Lawyers “Intimidated” Her Before Dominion Deposition]( By [Charlotte Klein]( [In a pair of new lawsuits alleging discrimination and harassment, Abby Grossberg, who worked with top Fox stars, alleges that the network’s attorneys “coached” her into giving misleading testimony.]( [Read more button](   [James Comer Is Becoming a Headliner in the GOP’s Performance Politics]( By [Eric Lutz]( [Now sitting on a powerful perch, the House Oversight chairman seems perfectly happy to go along with Donald Trump’s nonsensical capers—regardless of how much he believes in the act himself.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe](newsletter=vf) Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2023 Condé Nast