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DeSantis: America Would Look Like Canada if Florida Hadn’t Fought Against Lockdowns
Breitbart ^ | 06/27/21 | Trent Baker

Posted on 06/28/2021 6:04:54 PM PDT by Enlightened1

Sunday on Fox News Channel’s “Life, Liberty & Levin,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) touted his state’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

DeSantis advised that had Florida not pushed back against lockdowns, and other states followed suit, the United States would look more like Canada right now, which he said would still be locked down.

“You just have so many threats to freedom nowadays, and what we’re doing is we’ve essentially Katy, barred the door to protect Floridians and to protect their freedoms and opportunities,” DeSantis told host Mark Levin. “And you see it in a number of different ways. Obviously, we were the leading state fighting against coronavirus lockdowns. We had kids in school, in person, for the entire school year. I believe had Florida not done that, you would not see the other states to have followed — Canada, for example, still locked down. And I think that’s what a lot of these bureaucrats wanted to see in the United States, and we made sure that we led in a different direction. You also look at things going against the Biden administration’s policies. They shut down our cruise industry, with the CDC. They didn’t have authority to do that. All these experts said, ‘Oh, you just have to do whatever the CDC says.’ We sued the CDC in Florida, and we won in federal district court. And now the cruise lines are going to be able to resume sailing this summer.”

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1 posted on 06/28/2021 6:04:54 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

He’s right.

He led the way.

Other states followed.


2 posted on 06/28/2021 6:09:07 PM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation 🙏🏻🇺🇸)
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To: Enlightened1

“Florida is America’s West Berlin”

-Ron “Heavy D” DeSantis


3 posted on 06/28/2021 6:11:51 PM PDT by MountainWalker
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To: Enlightened1

And we need to do our bit; refusing to wear masks, refusing to accept lies in discussions around us and more.


4 posted on 06/28/2021 6:16:32 PM PDT by jimfr
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To: Enlightened1

As far as i can see...prolly THE BEST Governor in the republic.


5 posted on 06/28/2021 6:21:08 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Enlightened1

Liberty must be fought for and not taken for granted.

Fight Like Hell.


6 posted on 06/28/2021 6:22:06 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: Enlightened1

Drunk Beavers eating ham with syrup on it?


7 posted on 06/28/2021 6:33:11 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

You obviously are not familiar with Canadian culture.

French fries and cheese curds with pools of gravy. (Poutine—it is delicious)

And not all of the Beavers are drunk.

And lots of hockey. Of course, for reasons that only God knows, the Florida team presently is up 2-0 over the Canadian ten most of the way through the second in the first game of the Stanley cup.


8 posted on 06/28/2021 6:48:34 PM PDT by Hieronymus
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To: Jane Long
He’s right.

He led the way.

Other states followed.


South Dakota was a leader, too. Of course, it makes a difference that Florida is a major state with world class cities.
9 posted on 06/28/2021 6:51:14 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (“At first you go bankrupt slowly, then all at once.” -- Hemingway)
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To: Hieronymus

Oh, I forgot to add that the beaver found a mouse in his beer eh.


10 posted on 06/28/2021 6:51:28 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Enlightened1
Can we look like the good parts of Canada?


11 posted on 06/28/2021 6:53:53 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("Even North Korea is not this nuts!" - Yeonmi Park, North Korean refugee at Columbia University)
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To: Jane Long

They’re trying it again. LA is “recommending” indoor mask wearing for everybody, vaccinated people as well, because of the “delta variant” hype. As soon as I saw that the WHO had come out with this stupidity just this morning, I knew some of our insane leftists would leap for it right away.

So soon it’s going to be mandatory, and then it’s going to be all over CA, and then the other states are going to do it…and we’ll have to fight back all over again. I don’t think the timid, government addicted population of. CA is going to resist in any way, unfortunately.


12 posted on 06/28/2021 7:15:31 PM PDT by livius
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To: livius

So soon it’s going to be mandatory, and then it’s going to be all over CA, and then the other states are going to do it…and we’ll have to fight back all over again.


I doubt Texans, Floridians....or, S Dakotans will go along with such nonsense.

We’ve already proven masks and lock downs don’t work.

Strong immunities DO work!


13 posted on 06/28/2021 7:21:56 PM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation 🙏🏻🇺🇸)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

if they had our population ( you know what I mean) they would not look like that very long.
And their gun violence would be like Chicago. It’s easy for them to brag but I say well lets see your demographics compared to ours.


14 posted on 06/28/2021 7:26:19 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: Jane Long

TX Bump!

Freedom Works

Totalitarianism Kills. Forget that crap.


15 posted on 06/28/2021 7:51:43 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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Granted things may be further along in Florida than most places but where I live in Canada, I would not describe this as “locked down” just not entirely back to normal. Some other provinces are more restricted than others at this point. We are also moving away from the worst of the restrictions and should be into a mask-optional status soon.

Locked down would mean bars and restaurants closed, many businesses closed, and churches not free to celebrate. We are only one out of three on that list, guess which one it is. (too easy?)


16 posted on 06/28/2021 7:51:45 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (Pray for health, economic recovery, and justice.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

You can come to that picture anytime. We albertans aren’t playing nice with their rules.


17 posted on 06/28/2021 7:57:11 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Enlightened1

The next President if 1) Donald Trump doesn’t run and 2) the election will be fair.


18 posted on 06/29/2021 2:16:05 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (I'm the one trying to save American Democracy...Donald Trump 6/5/21 at the NCGOP convention)
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To: Jane Long

Actually Georgia was first. Governor Kemp wanted to start “opening” up the state and yes, President Trump warned him that he was not being prudent at the time.


19 posted on 06/29/2021 2:28:17 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Enlightened1
Both Deep States ate still gunning for DeSantis and Florida...

Hopes fade for UK-US travel corridor this summer as fears grow that Brits jabbed with AstaZeneca vaccine will be stopped from entering the States

20 posted on 06/29/2021 4:09:37 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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