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Ron DeSantis

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Ron DeSantis is an American politician currently serving as the Governor of Florida. A member of the Republican Party, he has been in office since January 2019. DeSantis previously served as a U.S. Representative for Florida's 6th congressional district from 2013 to 2018. His tenure as governor has been marked by a focus on conservative policies, including education reform, environmental issues, and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. DeSantis has gained national attention for his stances on various issues, including his support for the Trump Presidential Library in Miami and his administration's initiatives on wildlife management.

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Jan 27, 2021

Governor DeSantis has shown a clear pattern of choosing the big business and profits over people’s lives.

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Jan 23, 2021

We`re now giving vaccines out faster than we`re getting it. And we have the capacity to do a lot more.

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Jan 20, 2021

I saw some of the stuff that Biden's putting out. He's going to create these FEMA camps or whatever. I can tell you, that's not necessary in Florida. All we need is more vaccine.

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Jan 20, 2021

I can tell you, that’s not necessary in Florida. All we need is more vaccine. Just get us more vaccine.

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Dec 22, 2020

Punish her for speaking out against Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis' mishandling of his state's COVID response.

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Dec 22, 2020

The way in which Ron DeSantis has mismanaged COVID in Florida is ongoing.

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Dec 22, 2020

The concealment, manipulation, falsification and delay in reporting COVID-19 data under the DeSantis regime.

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Dec 16, 2020

If they want to shut down businesses. I'm going to stand in the way.

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Dec 15, 2020

DeSantis has relentlessly downplayed the virus, and has mocked lockdown measures and mask mandates.

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Dec 15, 2020

As Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis has made one hideous move after another, he supported Trump's voter fraud delusions, made it harder for people with felonies to vote.

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Dec 4, 2020

No lock downs, no fines, no school closures. No one's losing their job because of a government dictate. Nobody's losing their livelihood, their business that is totally off the table.

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Dec 1, 2020

He is actually preventing the mitigating measure that we need to implement now to prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed.

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Dec 1, 2020

Governor DeSantis is completely shown a pattern of mishandling the virus.

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Oct 30, 2020

Just in the mechanics of voting, the doom and gloom about COVID has shifted Democrats to vote for mail, because they're not comfortable going in-person. Well, we're going into Election Day, we're going to have 200,000 more super voters who…

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Sep 25, 2020

There will not be limitations from the state of Florida. The order that I'm signing today will guarantee restaurants operate, will not allow closures. They can operate at a minimum of 50 percent regardless of local rule.

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Sep 23, 2020

We will also require a felony if you incapacitate roadways. We see people take over interstates. That is absolutely hazardous.

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Aug 13, 2020

Martin County Superintendent Laurie Gaylord told me today that she viewed reopening her schools as a mission akin to a Navy SEAL operation. Just as the SEALs surmounted obstacles to bring Osama bin Laden to justice, so too with the Martin…

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Aug 12, 2020

Just as the SEALs surmounted obstacles to bring Osama bin Laden to justice, so too would the Martin County school system find a way to provide parents with a meaningful choice of in-person instruction or continued distance learning.

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Jul 9, 2020

Everyone in the media was saying Florida was going to be like New York or Italy. And that has not happened.

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Jul 9, 2020

And I don't think there's anybody who can make an argument that this is especially risky for kids. We have to accept that, and then figure out, you know, how you fashion policy around it.

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Jun 29, 2020

You've got a lot of people in your profession who wax poetically for weeks and weeks about how Florida was going to be just like New York. Wait two weeks, Florida's going to be next, just like Italy. Wait two weeks. Well, hell, we're eight…

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Jun 28, 2020

He got a lot of people in your profession, who wax poetically for weeks and weeks about our Florida was going to be just like New York.

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