FL Mayor Accuses DeSantis of Putting 'Political Future' Ahead of State Residents' Lives

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Source: newsweek



By Jason Lemon On 8/5/21 at 12:26 PM EDT
DeSantis Refuses To Shut Down City Amid Delta Virus Surge: 'We’re Protecting Every Floridian’s Job’




Mayor Jerry Demings of Orange County, Florida, slammed his state's Governor Ron DeSantis' response to the surge in COVID-19 infections in the southern state, saying he is putting his "political future" above the lives of state residents.

Florida alone has accounted for about one in five new COVID-19 infections in the U.S. over the past two weeks. The New York Times' pandemic tracker shows the U.S. has averaged 96,036 new daily COVID-19 infections over the past 14 days, with 17,757 on average of those being reported in the southern state. Despite the surge, DeSantis, a Republican, has blocked schools from issuing new mask mandates and eschewed new restrictions to curb the spread of the pandemic.

"There's no question that the governor, in this case, has placed his political future over the life, health and well-being of the residents here in the state of Florida," Demings, a Democrat, told CNN in a Thursday morning interview. "And I say that because this is the same governor that just last year did put mandates in place that restricted businesses. And he did a number of things in that regard."

Demings argued the "only thing that has changed now is his polling amongst his base." The mayor said DeSantis has "somehow lost focus on what really is important." The Democratic official said that the government "exists" to keep people "safe."
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Geezzzzzzzzzz... I can't believe that Floridians just allow for these deaths. damn.

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[Chainfire]

1. DeSantis is laser focused on becoming President and he doesn't care how many

dead bodies he has to step over to get there. He is doing everything right to out-Trump Trump to appeal to the Fascist base. We are witnessing a Republican race to the bottom.

I just returned from a Florida grocery store an hour ago. Almost everyone but the employees were masked up, a big change from three weeks ago. The people are ahead of the Governor and it is being reflected in his polls.

[GulfCoast66]

5. I shop at Publix. They are again have their employees were masks.

Just got back from there. And almost all shoppers were also masked.

[FM123]

2. Yep! Everything Mayor Demings said!

Btw, I can't wait til his wife Val beats the pants off of Marco the Rube for senator!

[soryang]

3. I guess it depends on what part of Florida you may be in

I did a 300 mile round trip yesterday, down I4 interstate to the I75 north cutout to Landolakes, then north on I75 to ocala and then back toward Ormond Beach on the east coast. I stopped at seven indoor locations at various points on the trip. five rest areas and two convenience stores. I observed in my estimation about 200 people using these indoor facilities, rest rooms and convience stores. Of the approximately 200 people outside of my own family, I saw only ten masked individuals max. Granted a significant part of these people were probably tourists but the overwhelming majority had FL plates.

[obamanut2012]

8. Those are all red areas

[Cha]

4. And, Hopefully DS' future is in the toilet.

[paleotn]

6. Thus destroying his political future.

What does he think? Karma variant will just magically disappear? Did he not witness what fucking up a pandemic response did to his orange julius caeser? The only thing we have going for us with clowns like DeathSantis is they're complete idiots, incapable of learning anything.

[pressbox69]

7. So how long

will it take racist Ron to moan that Mayor Demings is trying to "Monkey Up" his POTUS chances for 2024?

[oasis]

9. Gov is scripting a "death sentence" for his political future. It's fitting. nt