Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday decried the Associated Press (AP) claiming his press secretary bullied a reporter who wrote a critical story about the governor. “I assumed your letter was to notify me that you were issuing a retraction of the partisan smear piece you published last week,” DeSantis, a Republican, said in a letter to Daisy Veerasingham, the incoming CEO of AP, a wire service used by numerous outlets, including The Epoch Times. “Instead, you had the temerity to complain about the deserved blowback that your botched and discredited attempt to concoct a political narrative has received.” Veerasingham complained to DeSantis late last week, claiming his press secretary, Christina Pushaw, engaged in “harassing behavior,” including threatening a journalist, that was described in the AP in an article as “bullying.” Pushaw had spoken out about a piece that detailed how Citadel CEO Ken Griffin has donated millions to DeSantis and that …