Anti-ICE Orlando Sentinel Weeps for ‘Sanford Grandfather’ (and Convicted Rapist]
28th November 2025
After a disgraceful front-page smear against Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier this month, (Actual headline: “Ron DeSantis Is a Veteran. So Are 7 Inmates He’s Sending to Execution”) the Orlando Sentinel has continued to use that valuable space to place ridiculous stories involving ICE and immigration, running three sob stories on its front page over a span of eight days.
The Orlando Sentinel’s November 19 front-page headline, “Sanford grandfather to remain in ICE custody — Retired optician faces deportation for criminal past.”
Sounds awful, doesn’t it? But there’s a little more to the story (by Jeffrey Schweers, who regularly files anti-DeSantis hit jobs for the paper) as DeSantis himself, with an assist from Executive Office communications staffer Christina Pushaw pointed out on X: “Good grief the legacy media is shilling for a convicted rapist. That is your sob story?”