On another thread we had a Florida Freeper describe the scene in 2020 when three police officers showed up at his retail business with a copy of DeSantis’ Executive Order #20-91 and informed him that he had to shut down because he was “not essential.”
This scenario where a law-abiding American citizen can have his business shut down by some government @sshole who never misses a paycheck reads like something you’d see described in the Declaration of Independence as one of the intolerable abuses by King George III.
That shutdown literally lasted two weeks and that was after Trump himself called DeSantis to encourage it.
Trump: No quarantine, but travel advisory for NY, CT and NJ
The notion of a quarantine had been advocated by governors, including Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, who sought to halt travelers from the heavily affected areas to their states. But it drew swift criticism from the leaders of the states in question, who warned it would spark panic in a populace already suffering under the virus.
Florida governor urges Trump to restrict domestic travel
Ordered Quarantine: OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 20-82
DeSantis urges public to get vaccinated: These shots are ‘saving lives’
Florida's DeSantis lifts coronavirus lockdown for remaining Miami-Dade, Broward counties
DeSantis, a Republican, said in a press conference alongside Broward County Mayor Dale Holeness and Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez in Doral that he was following President Trump’s recommendations to reopen the state.