DeSantis has relentlessly downplayed the virus, and has mocked lockdown measures and mask mandates.
Ron DeSantis
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Ron Dion DeSantis is an American politician and attorney serving as the 46th governor of Florida since January 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously represented Florida's 6th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2018. DeSantis has focused on various issues during his governorship, including education reform, environmental policies, and public health initiatives, particularly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
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.
He is actually preventing the mitigating measure that we need to implement now to prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed.
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…
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.
We will also require a felony if you incapacitate roadways. We see people take over interstates. That is absolutely hazardous.
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…
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.





