by | June 3, 2023 · 12:00 pm

Just Another Lyin’ Leftie Karen

In 2020, Rebekah Jones made national news when she claimed she had been fired for refusing to fudge COVID-19 data in order to support Gov. DeSantis’ desire to ease pandemic restrictions for Floridians.

The Lefties who loved her for dumping on Gov. Ron referred to her as a “top scientist” leading Florida’s pandemic response. One even called her “Dr. Jones” and Forbes gave her an award. But the fact is that she is just another Lyin’ Leftie Karen.

Both her 2012 Bachelor’s and 2014 Master’s degrees were in geography. She doesn’t have a medical degree of any kind; she doesn’t even have a Ph.D. in her field of geography. As for her work record … yoiks! Her first job at Louisiana State University ended in 2016 when she was fired after trespassing, attempting to steal computer equipment, resisting arrest, and hitting an officer.

Her second job was as a lecturer at Florida State University (FSU), where she began a Ph.D. she never finished. In 2017, she had a 6 month long extramarital affair with a student who apparently made the mistake of trying to decide it was over. FSU suspended, then fired her. In addition to the charges in the arrest affidavit, she reportedly kicked the man’s SUV, threatened to give the ex-boyfriend’s roommate a failing grade, violated a domestic violence injunction, trespassed and grabbed another person’s gun.

In July 2019, following a complaint by the ex-, Jones was charged with two counts of cyberstalking and one count of sexual cyberharassment. Police said she posted online private details of their affair, including explicit texts and nude photographs, then shared the links with him, his family and his employer. Throughout, Jones portrayed herself as the innocent victim.

Her third job was as a data manager for Florida’s COVID-19 web portal. The Department of Health says she was fired for modifying data without permission from agency epidemiologists. Later, Inspector General Michael Bennett investigated her claims and reported they were unfounded. But in the meantime, she cashed in on her fame as a DeSantis Denier.

On Nov. 10, 2020, Jones gained unauthorized access to state health department software and sent a mass text to employees. Some 30 employees had to stop their regular duties in order to address the incident. The following month, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) executed a search warrant in pursuit of evidence that she had also illegally downloaded and saved health department data. Jones again portrayed herself the victim saying DeSantis had “sent the gestapo.”

In January 2021, she was arrested and, in December 2022, she signed a plea deal admitting she had done the deed and agreeing to the terms shown in the deal (graphic above). Jones complained about the $20,000 fine. “I think it’s extortion. I think it’s an all-too common practice. It’s one of the reasons rich people don’t ever go to jail and poor people do because if you can’t pay the police a bribe, guess what, take you to trial.” She also claimed the charges had been dropped, but that will happen only if she can keep her nose clean for two whole years. Since she hasn’t managed to even keep a job for that long, it’s a big if.

In 2022, Jones ran for Congress on the Democrat ticket, seeking to unseat Rep. Matt Gaetz. She lost by 35 points. And now, she’s back in the news again with her usual whining about being victimized by the Big Bad Fascist Governor of Florida.

In April 2023, the Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office received a report that Jones’ 13-year-old son had made repeated threats to shoot up Holley Navarre Middle School and to stab students who angered him. A chip off the old block, that one. Investigators interviewed multiple students and reported he had posted the following messages on social media:

After determining there was probable cause, a judge placed the boy on home detention with a monitor, and scheduled an arraignment today. The judge prohibited the boy from possessing any weapons or firearms, from utilizing the internet for anything other than school purposes, and from having contact with anyone from the middle school.   

Once again, Jones makes herself out to be the victim saying the county had no evidence of wrongdoing by her son, but had arrested him in retaliation for a lawsuit she filed against the Florida Department of Health on March 13. Then she issued a request for more donations to her GoFundMe.

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