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Desantis first Gov to speak against Biden Plan


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2021 Sep 9, 6:51pm   465 views  9 comments

by AmericanKulak   ➕follow (9)   💰tip   ignore  

I know there are Desantis-hesitants out there, there is not warrantied, just putting it out there:

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis promised to “fight” any attempt by the federal government to mandate vaccinations or COVID-19 tests on private businesses and individuals.

On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced a sweeping new plan to combat COVID-19, including mandating vaccinations for all federal employees and contractors and threatening businesses with fines unless they require their employees to either get vaccinated or submit to weekly COVID-19 tests. DeSantis reacted to early reports of Biden’s executive order in a press conference promoting the use of monoclonal antibodies to treat severe cases of COVID-19.

“How could we get to the point in the country where you would want to have someone lose their job because of their choice about the vaccine or not? I mean, look, some folks have reasons to do — maybe they’re making the wrong decision — but to put them out of work and not let them earn a living because of this, I just think that that’s fundamentally wrong,” DeSantis said, later adding: “I do not believe that people should lose their jobs over this issue, and we will fight that. If they try to do that through a rule like the Department of Labor, I don’t think they have the legal authority to do that, but we obviously would want to support protections for people who are just trying to earn a living.”

DeSantis went on to critique Biden’s plan for convincing Americans to get vaccinated, saying that education rather than mandates had better results while being less intrusive.

“The people that have had the higher vaccination rates in businesses have been ones that have had programs where they’re educating people, where they’re providing them all the information, showing some of the consequences,” DeSantis said.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-will-fight-ron-desantis-promises-to-battle-bidens-sweeping-covid-19-mandates

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1   Karloff   2021 Sep 9, 6:59pm  

I have a feeling many people will simply start working for jobs where they are paid under the table. The tax income will plummet.
2   Patrick   2021 Sep 11, 12:56pm  

MisdemeanorRebellionNoCoupForYou says
How could we get to the point in the country where you would want to have someone lose their job because of their choice about the vaccine or not?


This is the first I've heard him object to mandates, but I have still not heard him object to mandates imposed by employers instead of government.

Some progress on his ban on masks:

Florida’s Ban on School Mask Mandates Reinstated


https://www.ntd.com/floridas-ban-on-school-mask-mandates-reinstated_674006.html?utm_source=patrick.net&utm_medium=patrick.net&utm_campaign=patrick.net
3   just_passing_through   2021 Sep 11, 1:14pm  

I'm wondering how fast this makes it to the supreme court.
4   mell   2021 Sep 11, 1:15pm  

HunterTits says
He has no power to override federal mandates, except as they may apply to Florida state/local employees. Even then, he might not depending on SCOTUS.


They do have the power if they're unconstitutional, which they likely are. If the scotus rolls over they may secede or openly revolt, it will come to a resolution either way.
5   AmericanKulak   2021 Sep 11, 1:15pm  

Well, we all know how Roberts will vote.
6   mell   2021 Sep 11, 1:17pm  

MisdemeanorRebellionNoCoupForYou says
Well, we all know how Roberts will vote.


Def a possibility but this is a whole different ballgame, I peg the odds at least 60:40 that scotus will rule it unconstitutional.
7   Patrick   2021 Sep 14, 10:16am  

https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/desantis-local-governments-to-face-5000-fines-for-imposing-covid-19-vaccine-mandates_3996556.html?utm_source=patrick.net&utm_medium=patrick.net&utm_campaign=patrick.net


DeSantis: Local Governments to Face $5,000 Fines for Imposing COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
BY ZACHARY STIEBER September 14, 2021 Updated: September 14, 2021biggersmaller Print
Local governments that impose COVID-19 vaccine mandates will be fined thousands of dollars, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday. ...

The mandates violate a state law, Senate Bill 2006, passed earlier this year that says a government cannot require people to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination, commonly known as vaccine passports, to enter government buildings. A Florida Department of Health rule enforcing the law is set to take effect on Sept. 16. Violations of the law will result in the imposition of a $5,000 fine per person, the rule states.


OK, he's slowly rebuilding credibility with me.
8   Patrick   2021 Sep 21, 1:54pm  

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/desantis-biden-natural-immunity-vaccine-mandates


Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday slammed President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates as "not following science" on the natural immunity people acquire from already being infected.

"These mandates, this is not about science," the Republican governor said during a press conference in Alachua County. "Because if it was about science, you would recognize the infection conferred immunity."

CONGRESS EXEMPT FROM BIDEN'S COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATE

"Every single credible study always shows that it [natural immunity] provides good protection," he continued. "So I don't support mandates at all, but if you're doing mandate based off this, if you were really following science, you would acknowledge this natural immunity. And instead they ignore it. … It's really about using government power, control to mandate, much more than it is about the underlying medical issues that are involved."

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