'Dumbest s---': DeSantis takes heat as he goes his own way on coronavirus

[babylonsister]

‘Dumbest s---’: DeSantis takes heat as he goes his own way on coronavirus
The Florida governor is in the spotlight as cases multiply.
By MATT DIXON
03/24/2020 11:34 AM EDT


TALLAHASSEE — While New York, California and other states shutter their economies to keep the coronavirus at bay, Gov. Ron DeSantis is refusing to follow the herd.

His cure-can’t-be-worse-than-the-disease approach has put the Republican governor under a glaring spotlight locally and nationally as cases of the virus in Florida surge past 1,400. It’s a philosophy that aligns DeSantis with other conservatives, including President Donald Trump and Florida House Speaker Jose Oliva, a Republican with a strong libertarian bent.

On Tuesday, state Senate Democrats began papering the governor’s office with letters urging him to issue a shelter-in-place order.

“That is the dumbest s--- I have heard in a long time,” said state Sen. Oscar Braynon (D-Miami Gardens). “This is a day-by-day crisis. Italy damn near saw 1,000 people die in one day, and there are people proclaiming we got this and have it solved in 15 days?”

DeSantis has grown only more defiant. On Monday, instead of buckling to political pressure to issue a shelter-in-place order, he said he would restrict visitors coming into the state from coronavirus hot spots including New York. And he’s now literally ignoring pleas from Florida Democrats to be more aggressive.

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https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2020/03/24/dumbest-s-desantis-takes-heat-as-he-goes-his-own-way-on-coronavirus-1268818

[pwb]

1. He has orders to keep Mari lago available for Donny.

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[pat_k]

2. My heart aches for the people of Florida who will suffer as a consequence.

Time for states with shelter in place orders to restrict travel into their state from anywhere that has refused to put such orders in place.

[Srkdqltr]

3. Just exactly how can he possibly restrict people

From coming into the state?

[Freethinker65]

4. Can other States deny people arriving from Florida???

I can almost imagine him sending sick people across state lines to rid Florida of the burden and make Florida's numbers appear not so bad.

[lame54]

5. Even Florida Man is not that stupid