Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Extends Order Suspending Mask Enforcement

Breitbart ^ | 11.27.2020 | Hannah Bleau

[USA Conservative]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) extended his order blocking local governments from enforcing mask mandates across the Sunshine State.

DeSantis, who said that Florida will “never do any of these lockdowns again, extended the order he issued in September, which lifted key restrictions in the state and suspended fines for breaking local protocols in relation to mask-wearing.

“Just as an act of executive grace, all outstanding fines and penalties that have been applied against individuals are suspended,” DeSantis announced at the time of the initial order.

“I think we need to get away from trying to penalize people for not social distancing and work with people constructively,” he added.

His decision to extend his order follows pressure from several Florida mayors, who are calling for a statewide mask mandate.

“Having a mandatory mask mandate throughout the state so there’s consistency, allowing us as individual counties and cities to determine what other restrictions make sense,” St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman (D) said during a Zoom call last week.

Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber (D) attributed an “enormous surge” in coronavirus cases to the governor opening the economy and preventing local governments from enforcing individual mask mandates.

According to WSVN, the City of Miami Beach plans to “issue citations to people who refuse to wear facial coverings,” although officials will not be able to immediately penalize violators with a $50 fine due to the extension of DeSantis’s order.

DeSantis’s office reiterated last week that the governor will not lock down the state of Florida, even as fellow governors retighten restrictions in their respective states.

[USA Conservative]

The pandemic ends when the people say it does. May God bless Governor Desantis and all of those that stand against the tyranny.

[irishjuggler]

There are some good and great GOP governors around the country, but I’m thinking Desantis may damned well be the best.

[Ann Archy]

Thank God for Ron!! Just because more people have Covid doesn’t mean they are DYING or even in the hospital.

[MayflowerMadam]

DeSantis and Noem. Sounds like a good ticket for 2024.

[AC86UT89]

And to think DeSantis’ dem opponent in 2018 turned out to be a drug addict who was later found passed out in a Miami Beach meth den in a pool of vomit and urine surrounded by male prostitutes.

[palmer]

Florida has 99% survival in most counties except the shitholes. Also the survival is over 99% in the new wave which has peaked.

[SoFloFreeper]

Yes and the local Miami media are LIVID.

[Joe Brower]

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[NonValueAdded]

and we came damned close to having him instead of DeSantis as governor.

[gas_dr]

Wayyyyy too damn close.

[Patriot_MP]

Going to CHURCH - govt does not make any money
HOLIDAYS with the family - govt does not make any money
SOCIAL GATHERING - govt does not make any money

BUYING a tone of crap on BLACK FRIDAY - govt gets money from taxes

IF TAXES cannot be collected - the leftist govt will ban it!

[billyboy15]

"Florida has 99% survival in most counties except the shitholes. Also the survival is over 99% in the new wave which has peaked."

Gov. Ron DeSantis also tweeted about the update, saying people in the age groups of 0 to 19 have a 99.997% chance of survival if they contract COVID-19, the age group of 20 to 49 a 99.98% chance, 50 to 69 years old 99.5% and 70 years old and above a 94.6% chance.

“Obviously people can tell you there are people who need to be careful with any sort of disease,” said William Wehunt. “Other than that, let’s live our lives and open up.”

While some think only certain people should

[ncalburt]

I agree .

I fear 11 million illegal amnesty bloodsuckers will kill our chances .

The local evil FL propagandist are insanely hyper critical
of Ron.
They know he is a threat to their globalist hell hole dreams .
We stopped watching local commie propaganda years ago.

[MissEdie]

So, what’s the job market and housing market looking like in the Sunshine State?

[mewzilla]

Meanwhile...

FDA warns of COVID-19 antigen test false positives as report flags Quidel on accuracy

[gcparent]

Ron only won by .40 percent!

[shaven_llama]

> So, what’s the job market and housing market looking like in the Sunshine State?

Real estate is booming. A lot of refugees from New York who will be voting in our elections going forward. So I’m worried about DeSantis’ chances in 2022.

I’m about to put my house on the market.

[sit-rep]

Good because I’m goin down there again from Michigan in a week to Kiteboard again and love the idea of natural freedoms when I relax...

[Maskot]

How do we know his race wasn’t corrupt like this last election? 🤔

[Southern Magnolia]

I’m scared for the metro Orlando area. It was mostly blue in the election and areas surrounding O-town that were red in the past turned blue, so either we’ve got a lot of corruption on local levels or a lot more Dim voters or both.