In Florida, a coronavirus showdown as DeSantis rejects Tampa-area schools plan

[TomCADem]

Source: Politico

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis took a hard line on school reopenings Monday, standing firm against Florida's third-largest school district in a showdown over classroom instruction and Covid-19.

DeSantis and Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran on Monday traveled to Hillsborough County to reiterate their case for re-opening schools just days after they rejected a plan from the county school district to hold online-only classes for its 223,300 students during the first four weeks of the fall semester slated to begin Aug. 24.

The potential educational benefits of in-person instruction outweigh the health risks of opening schools during the pandemic, DeSantis said at a Monday roundtable held at Winthrop College Prep Academy in Riverview.

“Some of this stuff is just not debatable anymore,” DeSantis said. “We’re going in a good direction in this area and that’s just the reality.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2020/08/10/in-florida-a-coronavirus-showdown-as-desantis-rejects-tampa-area-schools-plan-1306786

[Evolve Dammit]

1. So incredibly irresponsible and stupidly brazen. Family members and kids will die needlessly.

[Alliepoo]

2. Wonder what desatan is going to do

When they tell him to shove his school opening mandate where the sun don’t shine? They made a decision for their district-they should continue with online classes.

[NoMoreRepugs]

3. I've said it before - DeSantis is building his bonafides for the

Deplorable base for his 2024 or 2028 run for pResident.

[lark]

19. The results of his stupidity will stop him.

When cases & hospitalizations skyrocket and schools close for weeks at a time due to insufficient staff due to rampant sickness, DeathSentence will be proven to be a deliberate killer or stupid beyond belief and people won't vote for either one.

[NoMoreRepugs]

26. tRUMP with 20,000+ documented falsehoods and tens of millions of Deplorables believe

EVERYTHING he says - don't underestimate the stupidity of some of the American populace.

[not_the_one]

29. I have come to believe that it is NOT stupidity. It is HATE.

Their hatred of the other (taught to them by their churches and their long lines of prejudiced, hate filled families, who got it from their churches).

Bottom line is, they can't STAND the concept of "all people are equal". (I will NOT legitimize the concept with "god" or "created". THAT, a belief in a fairy tale, is where prejudice starts. Believers are sacrosanct, non-believers are heathens/pagans/infidels.)

FAUX and FLUSH (et al) have been hammering at them for decades, and they are willful converts to the religion of hate.

[NoMoreRepugs]

30. No argument from me.

[George II]

4. So what if children die, teachers die, and relatives of children die? It is what it is!

That man is almost as bad as trump.

[onecaliberal]

5. Idgaf what some dumb ass pretend human says about school openings.

I will decide if and when my kid goes back to school. Governor zombie can stomp his little baby feet all he wants, parents need to be responsible and tell him to pound sand.

[PatSeg]

6. I never had high expectations for DeSantis

but damn, he is much worse than I could have imagined

[bluestarone]

7. FUCK this monster!

Does he have Grandkids in school??

[sarcasmo]

8. DeathSantis.

[lark]

20. DeathSentence

[steve2470]

9. Trump-wanna-be-psychopath

If he has kids, they are going to some fancy private school that is probably closed to in-person learning and his kid or kids are doing virtual learning.

He does not care whatsoever about the parents, teachers, staff and kids in Florida. As someone else said, it's all about 2024 and 2028 for him.

eta: DeSantis and his wife have two daughters and a son

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_DeSantis#Personal_life

[wishstar]

15. His 3 children are not school age as they were just born in 2016, 2018 and 2020

[lark]

21. Even if they were, they'd be going to a private school that would have virtual classes only.

He would never have his kids in a public school and risk their and his lives, that's only for the working class & poor.

[roamer65]

10. Floridians: DeSatan is a murderer and will be responsible for the death of your loved ones.

The blood is and will be on his hands.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

11. Live in Oregon, we are online learning until NoVEMBER

at the least, they will reevaluate then. I really feel bad for these kids, their parents elected not the brightest people and they should not have to die to learn or even get sick.

Isn't the first rule of Education "Keep the kids safe!!!!! "??????

[Eyeball_Kid]

23. Florida parents of school-age kids: JUST SAY NO.

Do not let DeSantis kill you or your kids. Your kids' lives are precious, and so are your lives. DeSantis is intentionally placing you and your kids in danger. So what's more important: Your lives and your health, or obeying a sick and twisted governor?

[rpannier]

13. So... DeSantis plans on being in all the classroom, interacting with all those students

Or, will he be like the faux news spewers and tell you to risk your life, while he sits protected from potential carriers?

[SergeStorms]

14. DeSatan wouldn't know reality if it bit him in the ass.

DeSatan's definition of "reality": Anything Donald Trump says. What a fucking moron.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

16. The DeSantis Clause.

A promise of more deaths in time for Christmas.

[louzke9]

17. 55 MILLION KIDS....

Are going back to school. In Georgia, schools are closing as fast as they open. Watch new COVID cases soon SOAR in this country.

[Eyeball_Kid]

24. Okay folks. Let's deny that there's a killer among us and pretend that everything is normal. n/t

[Lowell]

18. Didn't see my grandchildren often enough before the pandemic

and we haven't seen them but briefly since the pandemic began. Now the idiot DeSantis has made it so we will have even less contact. Now we have to worry not only about the grandchildren catching it, but we have to worry also about them bringing it home and killing their parents. DeSantis is so stupid, I find it hard to believe that he beat Gillum.

[Eyeball_Kid]

25. It's Florida, Lowell. Anything coming from Trump is gold, and DeSantis came from Trump.

So now, Florida is paying the price for their fascination with all things Trump. Trump and DeSantis are killing your people, and you likely still have half of Florida itching to have more super-spreader events, more bingo beach parties, more pandemic parties, just because Trump and DeSantis prefer to use the pandemic for political purposes. So Florida will "own the libs" by killing off their own family members. How's that for dismissing experts?

[lark]

22. Monroe County had also submitted a similar plan weeks ago.

Since that area is so rich, wonder if DeathSentence is treating it differently. He's definitely fucking over Duval County as well as Hillsborough and has rejected both of the plans from these working class areas.

[Maribelle]

27. DeSantis - desperately seeking the Trump Mini-Me position

When DeSantis ran he opposed federal education programs such as No Child Left Behind Act and Race to the Top, saying that education policy should be made at the local level.

Ha ha ha.

Now, he claims, without any school management experience and without any medical experience on his part whatsoever, he knows better than educators with a combined thousands of years experience.

He doesn't know anything, except running his mouth.

He is a complete failure, and responsible for many pandemic deaths in Florida.

[apnu]

28. Worked out for Pence.

He was done in Indiana, so he took the VP slot to get away. That says something if you are a Republican and Indiana is throwing your ass out.