FLASHBACK: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Pushed Lockdowns, Vaccines, Shut Down Churches Throughout COVID Pandemic

Big League Politics ^ | Nov 15, 2022 | Shane Trejo

[SoConPubbie]

A common trope from supporters of the likely presidential run of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is that he stopped COVID lockdowns in his state during the height of the pandemic while President Donald Trump was pushing them from the White House.

But the record shows that this is not what occurred. DeSantis used his authority as governor to enforce lockdowns, shuttering businesses, and use the power of the state to punish noncompliance with his edicts.

Video from June 2020 shows DeSantis threatening bars with revoking their liquor licenses unless they abided by his arbitrary restrictions enacted supposedly in the name of science:

For the folks who continue to insist that Florida was not locked down and, if it was, it was only for a couple weeks, here is @GovRonDeSantis in June of 2020 threatening Florida bars with losing their liquor licenses if they didn't follow pandemic restrictions. pic.twitter.com/CwyTuoIAkU

— SFDB (@sfdb) November 11, 2022

Additionally, pastors were arrested and thrown in jail because they held services during DeSantis’ lockdown. The DeSantis administration grotesquely infringed upon religious liberty and made a mockery of the 1st Amendment during the pandemic:

DeSantis, like Trump, has shilled hard for the experimental COVID-19 vaccines as well, assuring the public that they were safe for usage and would stop transmission when that turned out to be a lie.

“If you’re vaccinated and you test positive but you don’t get sick, well the name of the game is to keep people out of the hospital,” DeSantis said in July 2021. “Seventy-five percent of Floridians over the age of 50 have gotten shots, so we think that’s really, really positive.”

“If you are vaccinated, fully vaccinated, the chance of you getting seriously ill or dying from COVID is effectively zero,” he said “If you look at the people that are being admitted to hospitals, over 95% of them are either not fully vaccinated or not vaccinated at all. And so these vaccines are saving lives. They are reducing mortality.”

Big League Politics has reported about the RINO globalist mega donors currying favor with DeSantis, cajoling him to run for president in 2024 to upend the America First movement and divert grassroots energies into supporting traditional Republican politics:

“Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is quickly becoming the favorite of the globalist RINO mega donors who want to “move on” from Donald Trump.

Ken Griffin, a globalist RINO mega donor, talked to Politico about why he is backing DeSantis because he sees him as the vehicle to move on from Trump and his brand of populism that has made the GOP less hospitable for soulless corporations that have sold America down the river.

“He did a lot of things really well and missed the mark on some important areas,” Griffin said. “And for a litany of reasons, I think it’s time to move on to the next generation.”

Griffin has given $5 million to DeSantis’ gubernatorial re-election campaign in Florida. He is hoping that by buying favor with DeSantis, he can convince him to run in 2024 in an attempt to end the Trump revolution.

“Would I support him? The bigger question is, is he going to run? That bridge has to be crossed,” he said.

“He has a tremendous record as governor of Florida, and our country would be well-served by him as president,” Griffin added.

It is clear Donald Trump is intending to run for president again in 2024 from the comments he has made.

“Everybody, I promise you, in the very next — very, very, very short period of time, you’re going to be happy,” Trump said. “But first we have to win a historic victory for Republicans on Nov. 8.”

In addition to the RINO megadonors, the notorious former House Majority Leader Paul Ryan is also on board for DeSantis in 2024.”

Overall, DeSantis has an impressive record in Florida, but his record is being distorted in order to present him as a credible foil for President Trump’s presidential run in 2024. Trump is the candidate in 2024, and if DeSantis has the audacity to run against him, it will be the worst decision he could ever make for the America First movement as well as his own future ambitions.

[NorthMountain]

How old are you, boy?

No, politics are not all about viciousness. Ghetto trash are all about viciousness. Don't be ghetto trash.

Politics are as much about forming alliances as they are about competition. If we on the Right don't learn to form alliances, the Leftist Piranhas WILL kill us. Literally. If you don't think they want to, you need to open your eyes.

If you're trashing Trump, YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM.
If you're trashing DeSantis, YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM.
If you're trashing Youngkin, YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM.
Etc.
Grow up. Don't be part of the problem

[Sirius Lee]

Those on FR who think DeSantis won’t be seen as red meat by the Dems (because he isn’t Trump) will soon learn.

If Bush and Romney were literally hitler, then DeSantis will be super-literal-hitler the second he throws his hat in the ring.

I don't know why republicans play the appease-the-left-and-all-will-be-well game. Most, but not all, Conservatives know better.

[Ann Archy]

Yep....he made MANY mistakes, BUT he LEARNED from them.

[BlackbirdSST]

How old are you, boy?

Stick it in your ear clown. You don't know sht about politics. Politics has ALWAYS been a cut throat game. If it wasn't more of US would involve ourselves deeper. I'm sorry I interrupted your delusion.

[UNGN]

The Vax’s basically do nothing to Delta/Omicron. You still get Covid, you still die from covid if you are vunerable.

The CDC didn’t mumble this until July ‘21 and still has never said it out loud (they need more data or something).

Its hard to blame anyone for Pushing the Vax from December to July ‘21 (because we were all being lied to at the highest levels - because just the Hopium provided by the vax was supposedly worth it).

But ANYONE pushing Vax’s after August ‘21 is a tool of big Pharma and wasn’t looking at the data (which the CDC/MSM was doing its best to obscure).

People’s opinion on the Vax makes it easy to differentiate the sheep from people paying attention. The good thing it it will wake up a lot of people in the next few years.

[Shery]

De Santis announced to open his state back up a day after Kemp, our governor did. He threatened to take legal action against anyone who forced people to lose their jobs over their vaccine status until the FL legislature voted to make it illegal to mandate the vaccine. I work in Florida, so I know exactly how this played out and he saved me from HAVING to take the vaccine. he recommended it and stated that he’d taken it, but didn’t agree that the government could force people against their will to take a vaccine or lose their livelihood, that it was just wrong. If you need more proof, I can get MANY others to state what was going on because we were ALL in the same boat. My son, especially!

[linMcHlp]

bttt

[Vision]

The Right eats itself while the Left will go crazy to vote for losers like Biden and Uncle Festermonster. It's not hard to see who will win.

[NorthMountain]

You’re part of the problem.

You deserve to live under the bootheel of demonicRATs ... who DO know how to form alliances.

Grow up.

[central_va]

The “Real Ron” record. You TDS-ers started this war and we Trumplicans will finish it.

[NorthMountain]

then DeSantis will be super-literal-hitler the second he throws his hat in the ring.

Exactly. And people on our side trashing him simply helps the Leftist Piranhas.

Don't help Leftist Piranhas.

[central_va]

Let the trashing of DeSantis begin Trump end.

Fixed it.

[central_va]

This is going to be a long two years…

Not if you De-Saint-Us pukes back off.

[NorthMountain]

If you’re trashing Trump, YOU’RE PART OF THE PROBLEM.
If you’re trashing DeSantis, YOU’RE PART OF THE PROBLEM.
If you’re trashing Youngkin, YOU’RE PART OF THE PROBLEM.
Etc.

Quit being part of the problem.

[BlackbirdSST]

You’re part of the problem. You deserve to live under the bootheel of demonicRATs ... who DO know how to form alliances. Grow up.

A know nothing with an opinion. BFD.

[NorthMountain]

A know nothing with an opinion.

Hah! You have perfectly described yourself.

Grow up, boy.

[adc]

Dems never eat their own. We need to learn from them how it’s done, because we just don’t get it.

[BlackbirdSST]

Grow up, boy.

Oh no, not more internet taunts! How will I get through my day? You beclown yourself with every post.

[NorthMountain]

Some people look around themselves and only ever see enemies. Examples exist on this thread.

Some people look around themselves and see possible allies in those with whom they mostly agree.

“We must all hang together or we will all hang separately”. The Leftist Piranhas would be glad to hang us ... literally.

[NorthMountain]

Oh no, not more internet taunts!

Says the guy whose every post to me contains at least one personal insult ... Hypocrite much???

ROFL!!!!

Seriously, boy: You do need to grow up. Your childish behavior will NOT Make America Great Again.