sugarcoat

“I’m not going to call it an untruth. I’m not going to sugarcoat it. I’m going to call it for what it is, which is a lie.”

I asked DeSantis’ office if he wasn’t sugarcoating the employment demand for young workers by referring to resorts rather than construction.

“I don’t like when it’s sugarcoated. I don’t like to be placated.”

Politicians who try to reassure voters and investors about a market downturn often sound as though they’re sugarcoating the downside of their own policies, but that doesn’t always mean they’re wrong.

“There’s really no way to sugarcoat it,” he said of the potential funding shortfall.