Posted on 06/26/2023 7:45:05 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Governor Ron DeSantis has sought to distinguish himself as an elected official who never locked down Florida, shut down small businesses, and kept bars open.
However, multiple reports from news outlets detail how the Governor and his administration crushed small businesses during 2020 with orders to shut down, stop serving food, or stripping business licenses altogether.
A report from WKMG News 6 Orlando reported that Florida: “launches inspections on bars and restaurants... looking for those who do not follow CDC guidelines,” even detailing how local sheriffs offices were enlisted to enforce the guidelines.
Florida cracking down on bars, restaurants that violate COVID-19 social distancing guidelines
CBS Miami reported in July 2020 that DeSantis banned on-site alcohol sales in bars in March, and then reinstated the order in July.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Offers No End To Bar Shutdown Due To Spiking Coronavirus Cases
Tampa Bay 10 reported in March 2020 documented the human element of bars and restaurants closing on Floridians, with many owners wondering how they’re going to pay their bills:
Bar workers worry about their future after Florida governor orders shutdown
At a news conference in June of 2020, DeSantis and his administration say they will be the “grim reaper” of business licenses if the restaurants do not limit customers.
Another report from The Hill in June of 2020 shows bar owners in tears about how they can’t make ends meet under the Governor’s lockdowns.
Devastated Florida bar owners react to Gov. DeSantis' orders to shut down
NBC News 2 reported in June 2020 that DeSantis’s administration banned some businesses from selling alcohol, with one employer having to call his employees to say they’re “basically unemployed again.”
Florida bars shut down as new COVID-19 cases explode
A September 2020 report from WESH 2 News had Florida bar owners describing how shutting down their businesses is a “slap in the face.”
Florida bars still shut down as other businesses get Labor Day boost
Fox 4 interviewed local Florida bar owners about DeSantis’s lockdowns in March 2020. “It’s gonna be rough.”
Local bars and nightclubs close under the Gov. DeSantis' order
WKMG News 6 reported how one bar paid nearly $2,000 to renew their liquor license, only to be shut down days later.
Damn fool trump said the virus would be gone in two weeks. Liar!
You really should join the democrat party. I’m not kidding. They get new shiny politicians all the time. You’d love it. They even knock out their incumbents for new politicians. I’d think you’d be happy there going by your four requirements.
She has 50 people in the he state. She’s got the easiest job of any governor. Come back when she has a population of Florida or Texas.
She followed the Sweden’s approach. It had the best COVID record in Europe.
I don’t remember that. I do remember it was supposedly all done to flatten the curve so hospitals would not have to stack the dead and dying like cord wood. The ringing cries of “Bring out your dead!” still echo in my mind.
RDS lost his backing here in Florida when he pulled a weasel trick on his backers and refused to admit he was running for the presidency and made it a law he could get back in as governor when he loses the presidency .
What a crock of crap this article is. This is what we expect from Only Trumpers running scared.
Let’s see now. What could I post that would equal the BS that is found here?
I know. Donald Trump pees on Russian Hookers.
WOW! What a horrible person!
So let me see if I got your logic right. The people of Florida who elected and reelected him in a landslide turned on him because if he lost the election he would still be the governor who they elected in a landslide.
Do you realize how dumb that sounds?
Most reasonable people who suffered through the covid time in sofl appreciate the Governors actions
Exactly what it is.
>> If there had been a crystal ball so we all could see. Let’s not rewrite history we all lived through it and we were fools. <<
I was wrong about certain things: For instance, I thought we’d reach herd immunity while there were still only a few hundred thousand deaths.
But I can’t just write off letting Fauci completely destroy all vestiges of freedom and democracy as “mistakes were made.” And I can’t ignore the utter and complete lack of leadership and the inability to seize command of the situation by Trump. Yes, the Democrats are the evil-doers here, but Pres. Trump’s utter incompetence, absurd lack of credibility and (yes, I’ll say it) cowardice enabled it all. Trump needed to have fired Fauci and also his CDC leadership as soon as Fauci was tied to China and the CDC failed to have PPE or testing equipment.
The problem is that all too often, it DOESN'T work for the people who pay the bills and employ these political figures.
I would suggest that every Freeper should sit down and review Ron DeSantis' background carefully. Just list up to a half-dozen (or more) things that stand out from his biography -- Ivy League (twice) lawyer ... brief tenure at the DOJ ... career politician ... never worked outside government ... etc. If you read that biographical profile and didn't associate it with a specific person, you'd swear it fit the profile of a "Deep State" political operative to a T.
Now look around Washington these days. The place is filled with these people, and Donald Trump ran for office to fight this kind of sh!t.
Ron DeSantis is "managed," for sure. He will play the role of the outsider and the renegade while he must, but when push comes to shove and he's faced with a consequential decision in the White House where his principles are up against the financial interests behind the political forces there ... you can be damn sure he's going to come down on the side of Exxon/Mobil, Boeing, Raytheon, the John McCain Institute, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Until then, he's just George W. Bush in 2000 ... insisting that the U.S. should never get involved in "nation building" around the globe while the cabal of duplicitous @ssholes who manage him are already making plans for the country's next military (mis)adventures.
Long story short ... I ain't buying what the GOP establishment is peddling in national politics anymore.
I didn’t know liberty and constitutional protections were subject to population density.
never locked down Florida, shut down small businesses, and kept bars open.
When, exactly, did DeSantis say this?
That’s how I remember it: DeSantis restricted commerce for 6-8 weeks, but immediately reversed all that once it became clear that Trump, Fauci, the CDC, and NIH were all lying their asses off.
“RDS lost his backing here in Florida”
No, he did not. Maybe your fragile ego took a hit, but the adults are doing just fine.
“Governor Ron DeSantis has sought to distinguish himself as an elected official who never locked down Florida”
Got a reference for that comment? I don’t ever remember him saying he never locked down.
LOL you and your child molester line.
This is just STUPID
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