Florida’s surgeon general refused request to wear mask from state senator suffering from breast cancer

Florida Senate President Wilton Simpson has backed Sen. Tina Polsky, a Boca Raton Democrat who is being treated for breast cancer, after an incident in which state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo refused to put on a mask while they spoke.

Simpson, R-Trilby, sent a memo Saturday evening to senators and staff members after the Florida Politics website reported about the incident.…