Posted on 02/13/2021 10:15:27 AM PST by John Semmens
Concerned that states like Florida, which has relatively few COVID restrictions, are, as the President says, "disunifying the country," the Biden Administration is reportedly weighing whether to implement travel bans for these states.
Press Secretary Jen Psaki explained that "the President believes that strong measures are needed if the country expects to ever emerge from the pandemic. Strong measures he'd like to see are a consistent shutdown of all nonessential activities, around-the-clock mask wearing—preferably more than one mask at a time held in place by a leg of pantyhose pulled over the head, and tattling on non-compliant neighbors. Some states, like New York, have already locked-in these strong measures. Why should sensible states have to endure the risk of travelers arriving from disease havens like Florida, South Dakota and the like?"
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla) called the proposed ban "unconstitutional, unwise, and unjust. Ensuring the people's liberty is the only legitimate reason for the federal government's existence. Demanding that liberty be infringed in order to comply with a lame 'unity' concept requiring unquestioning obedience is a perversion of basic principles and an abuse of power. It is especially egregious that Biden has decreed that illegal entry into this country will be expanded and expedited by waiving the COVID tests that he says Americans should have to pass before being free to move about the country."
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla) labeled the potential ban "an outrageous, authoritarian move that has no basis in law or science. Instead, it would only serve to inflict severe and devastating economic pain on an already damaged economy."
"The President has already threatened to withhold vaccine shipments to states if they don't fall in line with his preferences," Psaki warned. "DeSantis' vow not to comply with the President's wishes ventures into dangerous territory. The last guys who defied federal authority provoked a punitive invasion of troops ordered by President Lincoln. In our opinion, the contemplated travel ban is a much milder sanction than these rebellious states deserve."
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