Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has lost the final shreds of any patience he may have held for the leftist media and for the Biden-Harris regime, he’s letting fly left and right, and his off the cuff bombs are landing with startling precision and devastating effect. The Florida Republican many see as the ‘heir apparent to the America-First GOP leadership role should President Trump not seek re-election is making some huge waves with #MyGovernor trending on Twitter.
Round 1: DeSantis v. The Media
First, on August 3rd, DeSantis trashed the media and the left for their “judgemental stuff” regarding COVID19 and the widely held belief they hold that unvaccinated people should be “shunned“.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on mask judginess:
"I'm sick of the judgemental stuff … Nobody's trying to get ill here. There's people that were hermits for a year & a half that wore six masks & still contracted it … Let's not indulge these things that somehow it's their fault." pic.twitter.com/PA0mnrGg6a
— Scott Morefield (@SKMorefield) August 3, 2021
Round 2: DeSantis v. The Biden-Harris Regime
At a press briefing the very next day on August 4th, Governor DeSantis absolutely leveled Biden for daring to criticize Floridians and his government for their handling of COVID19 while so brutally failing in his most critical constitutional responsibilities. If this is what we’re going to continue to see from Ron DeSantis, then the battle lines have been clearly drawn and the Democrats are in serious trouble.
“Joe Biden is taken to himself to try to single out Florida over COVID. This is a guy who ran for President saying he was going to quote “shut down the virus” and what has he done? He’s imported more virus from around the world by having a wide-open southern border. You have hundreds of thousands of people pouring across every month and it’s not just from Mexico. In fact, it’s rarely from Mexico. You have over a hundred different countries where people are pouring through. Not only are they letting them through they’re then farming them out all across our communities across this country. Putting them on planes putting them on buses.
Do you think they’re being uh worried about COVID for that? Of course not.
So he’s facilitating who knows what new variants are out there, but I can tell you whatever variants are around the world they’re coming across that southern border. And so he’s not shutting down the virus he’s helping to facilitate it in our country. And what is his big solution? What is he so upset about Florida? His solution is he wants to have the government force kindergartners to wear mass in school. He doesn’t believe the parents should have a say in that. He thinks that should be a decision for the government. Well I can tell you in Florida the parents are going to be the ones in charge of that decision. [applause] And one of the major medical people in his administration just recently told parents that they should be wearing mass at home when they’re around their own children! This is insane.
Joe Biden also believes that vaccination should be mandated by force of government. And that you should have to show vaccination status to be able to participate in society. Now Florida, we’re very proud of our “Seniors first” strategy. You look at the mortality in nursing homes among seniors: it’s declined dramatically. But we said from the beginning: we’re going to make it available for all but we’re not going to mandate it on anybody. That’s ultimately an individual’s choice to be able to do it. Biden? He rejects science because he denies the fact that people that recover from COVID have long-lasting immunity. And that’s been proven time and time again and the data is very clear.
So his vision is just like in New York City restaurants, should ban young kids from being able to go in because they’re not eligible for vaccination. And law-abiding citizens have to produce proof of their medical records just to go to the gym or attend an event or just to participate in everyday society. He wants that but yet, if you want to vote he thinks it’s too much of a burden to show a picture ID when you’re voting. So no voter ID but have to show your medical papers just to be able to live in everyday life. Give me a break!
And so I think the question is: We can either have a free society or we can have a biomedical security state. And I can tell you Florida we’re a free state. People are going to be free to choose to make their own decisions about themselves, about their families, about their kids’ education, and about putting food on the table.
And Joe Biden suggests that if you don’t do lockdown policies then you should quote “get out of the way”.
But let me tell you this: If you’re coming after the rights of parents in Florida, I’m standing in your way. I’m not going to let you get away with it. If you’re trying to deny kids a proper in-person education, I’m going to stand in your way and I’m going to stand up for the kids in Florida. If you’re trying to restrict people, impose mandates if you’re trying to ruin their jobs and their livelihoods and their small business if you are trying to lock people down, I am standing in your way and I’m standing for the people of Florida.
So why don’t you do your job? Why don’t you get this border secure? And until you do that I don’t want to hear a blip about covid from you. Thank you.”
