[Golden Eagle]

Florida Governor, at Long Last, Orders Residents to Stay Home to Avoid Coronavirus

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/us/coronavirus-florida-de-santis-trump.html

Gov. Ron DeSantis said the decision corresponded with the “national pause” effectively recommended by the White House.

MIAMI — Florida’s coronavirus cases kept ballooning, especially in the dense neighborhoods of Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Hospitals in Fort Myers and Naples begged for donations of masks and other protective equipment. Young people started to die.

And still, Gov. Ron DeSantis resisted. The man entrusted with keeping many of the country’s grandparents safe did not want to dictate that all Floridians had to stay at home.

What it took for Mr. DeSantis to change his mind on Wednesday and finally issue a statewide order were a phone call with President Trump...

[Alberta's Child]

Like I said ... I wouldn't hold it against him, but it's ridiculous for DeSantis or his supporters to brush that inconvenient truth under the rug.

For all her flaws, Kristi Noem will go down as the one U.S. governor who didn't shut a damn thing down in her state during the COVID debacle.