DeSantis warms up the crowd with his comedy act.
Headline from Floida Politics,
So sez the former Freedom Caucus Crazy and Trump daddy's boy.
“In terms of these big issues, I set the vision. I say we have to tackle this. I have certain ideas. We have a lot of great people who work in the Governor’s Office who are able to research what’s been done in the past. Legal, all of these other things, and then come up with a set of options, and then we execute,”
DeSantis told host Mark Levin. “Being an executive, you read a lot. You understand a lot. Get as much information. Kind of have the debate that you want to have with your staff and your advisers,” DeSantis said. “But you gotta be willing to just pull the trigger and lead.”
New York Times (above and below; arrows added above)
1/8/2022 update starts here
1/7/2022 update starts here
Top headline: Politico
Bottom headline: Florida Politics
Florida Politics excerpt:
“Now, look, when you’re over the target, they’re gonna come at ya. But what I view it as, I view it as positive feedback. If the corporate press nationally isn’t attacking me, then I’m probably not doing my job. So the fact that they are attacking me is a good indication that I’m tackling the big issues,” DeSantis told Levin, no stranger himself to ideological back and forth.
As airhead and former Freedom Caucus Crazy, Ron DeSantis floats up up and away in his beautiful balloon.
1/5/2022 update starts here
Bottom headline: Florida Politics
Gov. Ron DeSantis may have won a legal battle to stop local governments from mandating masks in public schools, but history will remember his victory as part of the politicization of common-sense pandemic safeguards, according to Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.
State overreach was a prominent topic during a news conference hosted by Levine Cava on Tuesday to endorse Sen. Annette Taddeo as Florida’s next Governor. The two women discussed several instances of interference from Tallahassee, from the blocking of localities from enacting COVID-19 safety guidelines and an ongoing legal battle over the future control of county tollway agency MDX to limiting access local governments have to pandemic information — the latter of which is the subject of a lawsuit against the Florida Department of Health. [emphasis added]
14-day average of new Covid cases is up 566% -- 4th highest in the U.S.
14-day average of hospitalization is up 264%.
1/4/2022 update starts here
Top headline: Politico
Bottom headline: Florida Politics
Original 12/26/2021 post starts here
Headline from The Guardian. 12/4/2021
Barely one month ago, Florida’s Republican governor Ron DeSantis was on a victory lap. The state’s average rate of new Covid-19 infections was the lowest in the nation, and a lapdog legislature was about to sign into law his sweeping new coronavirus measures, including the outlawing of mask and vaccine mandates in pursuit of “striking a blow for freedom”.
There was no mention of the 61,500 Floridians who have lost their lives to the virus.
Now, with the highly transmissible Omicron variant gaining a foothold in the US and likely already present in Florida, doctors say, the robustness of the governor’s controversial steps could be about to receive a first real test.
Once again, DeSantis has failed badly.
Palm Beach Post, 12/24/2021
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