That doesn't work as an excuse. You can't give DeSantis credit for lifting lockdowns that he never should have imposed in the first place. The idea of having businesses shut down by some government @sshole who never misses a paycheck and pays no price for his failures should be considered a violation of the foundational principles of a free nation.
And this doesn't even account for the abject idiocy of the stupid lockdowns to anyone who has an IQ over 40.
Like -- Who's the brilliant medical expert who convinced anyone in power that it was a good idea to keep Walmart open while forcing small retailers who sell the same things as Walmart to close? Or that it was a good idea to allow restaurants to open to 50% of their seating capacity -- while state parks with all their open space should be closed?
Trump still has not admitted how much following Fauci harmed this country.