Huffington Post faced a wave of backlash for calling a convicted murderer a “political pawn” of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis after he used his final words to trash the governor. Multiple spokespeople for DeSantis jumped on the outlet for its coverage. “Florida Executes Man Used As ‘Political Pawn’ By Ron DeSantis” read the headline for the Huffington Post article from Jessica Schulberg. The post covered the execution of Donald Dillbeck, who was convicted of killing two people. It was noted that Dillbeck was convicted 32 years ago by a non-unanimous jury, something Schulberg used to refer to him as a “political pawn.”

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