Florida's Republican lawmakers deliver another blow for DeSantis against the common good

[Zorro]

Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, doesn’t often ask for help. He is a go-it-alone kind of guy who has largely chosen to tackle the coronavirus pandemic solo, making a calculated political wager on Darwinian logic, balmy weather and the hobbled common sense of many Floridians.

The results earned Florida top 10 status in per capita U.S. covid deaths — nearly 61,000 as of Friday. But, hey, at least the state’s economy is rolling!

Recently, though, DeSantis changed his tune out of necessity. He needed the power of the Republican-packed Florida legislature to help him officially free us Floridians from the tyranny of President Biden’s vaccine mandates.

On Wednesday night, during a legislative special session, lawmakers passed a package of bills making it harder for businesses to make sure their Florida employees are vaccinated, and impossible for local governments and schools to require masks or vaccines.

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[secondwind]

1. I won't be visiting family in FL any time soon... it's going to hell in a hand basket...

[jimfields33]

5. Florida? You think we're bad. You should see Minnesota

That is where the virus is thriving. Florida in top 10 when we’re the third most populated state is understandable. The northeast is where the virus has navigated too.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. Florida Republican lawmakers wanting more of their voters to die.

That is how I see it.

Might be a good thing in the long run.

[onecaliberal]

3. I mean, it's their own choice, right?

Let them eat cake so to speak.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. Exactly.

They won't get it until it happens. Then they will be doing the Sargeant Schultz defense