[Alberta's Child]

Tell that to the small business owners who were threatened, harassed, arrested, and even had their businesses closed by those states, using Trump's CDC "guidelines" as the ultimate authority.

I don't know why you would say such a thing on this thread (of all places).

Go back and look at the executive orders issued by Ron DeSantis himself in 2020. They all had some variation of THIS line in them ...

I, RON DESANTIS, as Governor of Florida, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Article IV, Section (l)(a) of the Florida Constitution, Chapter 252, Florida Statutes, and all other applicable laws, promulgate the following Executive Order to take immediate effect: ...

And even the Federal guidelines that WERE cited in some of those executive orders typically had a variation of this little disclaimer that served as a giant flag for me:

This list is advisory in nature. It is not, nor should it be considered, a federal directive or standard.

Hmm ... I wonder why that would be included in a set of Federal guidelines. I know exactly why -- because I deal with Federal guidelines all the time in my line of work, and I know damn well that for constitutional reasons my work is governed by the laws of the states where I do business, NOT Federal law.

[Golden Eagle]

Go back and look at the executive orders issued by Ron DeSantis himself in 2020.

Why? He was only following what President Trump told him to do. PERIOD.