DeSantis to block mask mandates in schools
Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune
TALLAHASSEE Amid a COVID-19 surge in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis pledged Friday that he will block any effort to impose mask mandates, touting a forthcoming executive order to stop counties from requiring them in schools.
Days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance that everyone in K-12 schools should wear a mask regardless of their vaccination status, DeSantis was defiant at an appearance inside a Cape Coral restaurant.
In Florida, there will be no lockdowns, there will be no school closures, there will be no restrictions and no mandates in the state of Florida, DeSantis said at the campaign-like rally, where no one appeared masked.
The Republican governor said that he will sign a Department of Education executive order prohibiting county school boards from requiring face coverings when students return to class in August.
Read more: https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/politics/state/2021/07/30/florida-governor-ron-desantis-pledges-block-mask-mandates-schools/5430397001/
secondwind
(16,903 posts)I refuse to believe he can do this to young children, KNOWING that they are dying now
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LeftInTX
(25,224 posts)Why is he so adamant about blocking masks? And why arent parents and officials fighting back or suing?
zuul
(14,624 posts)I can' think of any other plausible reason.
Skittles
(153,142 posts)he is a typical repuke!
ShazzieB
(16,357 posts)Hard to think of anything more hypocritical than claiming to be pro-life, while enacting policies that are pro-death!
Skittles
(153,142 posts)they just like controlling women!
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)All to show allegiance to the dumbest adult on earth.
Grokenstein
(5,721 posts)I hope so.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)NT
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,950 posts)While it would be karma to have him gasping for air on a ventilator, you can bet he is vaccinated.
Phoenix61
(17,000 posts)bluestarone
(16,900 posts)D. trump
Bayard
(22,048 posts)"He tried to kill our kids."
hlthe2b
(102,202 posts)and I believe the Miami mayor has told him to pound sand as well.
I don't see the courts upholding his EO--even in FL
obamanut2012
(26,064 posts)Whatever, fuckhead.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Murderer!!!!!
Poor kids!
sakabatou
(42,146 posts)Hassler
(3,370 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,123 posts)monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)Bok_Tukalo
(4,322 posts)area51
(11,904 posts)Skittles
(153,142 posts)who can hump Trump the hardest seems to be criteria # 1
ananda
(28,856 posts)looking like one is not a good thing.
Skittles
(153,142 posts)ladym55
(2,577 posts)Apparently killing off the citizens of the state is no big to him. He needs to called out for the misery he is causing.
nakocal
(550 posts)There, I fixed the headline.
ShazzieB
(16,357 posts)IronLionZion
(45,411 posts)some conservatives don't seem to understand that difference.
Phoenix61
(17,000 posts)Any bets on where his donors kids go to school? Many of his supporters are older and their children are grown. Hell, they bitch about having to pay school taxes.
LeftInTX
(25,224 posts)Same in Texas.
JCMach1
(27,555 posts)...
Hypocrisy much?
Music Man
(1,184 posts)They're all about local control of schools until something might actually help people.
Maybe if we told them that masks block Critical Race Theory or germs that make you gay.
bluestarone
(16,900 posts)Should be screaming, BUT nowhere can you hear anything. How many kids have to DIE before PARENTS open their eyes?
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)This isnt a fucking political game. Face coverings are about the only way to mitigate the risk among kids.
Id say this is one more example of Darwin in action, but the kids dont deserve this shit.
Tadpole Raisin
(972 posts)The Villages condos lose their grandchildren to COVID maybe theyll change their minds then.
It would be horrible for that to happen but they love Desantis and no amount of death will change their minds unless it got real close to the family. Even then I have my doubts.
Rebl2
(13,485 posts)Okay with killing children or making them very ill
PatrickforB
(14,570 posts)How can so many people vote for these jokers?
I hope he is held responsible for the deaths of those children that are unfortunate enough to attend Florida schools.
majdrfrtim
(317 posts)I guess it must be different in FL?
/snark
NCjack
(10,279 posts)If I were a parent in Florida, I would have my children on their way to NY.
BradBo
(529 posts)DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)Kids will die
The churches will make damned sure to glorify their deaths, and get the Maga's all in a hallelujah tizzy
Jon King
(1,910 posts)He is a 100% MAGA clone. He is truly convinced this is the road to the White House in 2024.
We need to treat him as if he is TFG and run against him with the same fervor as if the orange one himself is running.
Dakota Flint
(219 posts)Desantis, if the scum survives, and ALL of his kind need to stand trial for crimes against humanity.
Evolve Dammit
(16,723 posts)turbinetree
(24,688 posts)reckless endangerment.....he is on track to be just like that asshole that got a vaccine shot in the white house and didn't tell anyone...and the people in Florida keep electing these idiots that are literally trying to kill you and everyone else...including the kids...talk about not having any family values he is a fucking psychopath.....
George II
(67,782 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,444 posts)applegrove
(118,600 posts)who is giving them their evil marching orders. They want this to be a chronic illness obviously.
OverBurn
(950 posts)Skittles
(153,142 posts)hypocrisy is SOP for the GOP