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Fla Dem

(23,347 posts)
Wed Mar 8, 2023, 10:18 AM Mar 2023

Tennis-Florida's DeSantis urges Biden to let unvaccinated Djokovic enter US for Miami Open

Reuters
March 8, 2023, 8:10 AM

(Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has called on U.S. President Joe Biden to allow Novak Djokovic to compete at this month's Miami Open despite the world number one being unvaccinated for COVID-19.

Djokovic, one of the most high-profile athletes unvaccinated against the virus, applied to the U.S. government last month for special permission to play at ATP Masters events Indian Wells, which begins on Wednesday, and the March 19-April 2 Miami Open.

The Serbian, 35, formally withdrew from Indian Wells on Sunday. Florida Senator Rick Scott said that U.S. officials had denied Djokovic's request.

"This denial is unfair, unscientific and unacceptable," DeSantis wrote in a letter to Biden on Tuesday.
"I urge you to reconsider. It's time to put pandemic politics aside and give the American people what they want - let him play."

Republican DeSantis signed a law in November 2021 banning schools, businesses and government entities from requiring vaccination against COVID-19, drawing condemnation from health experts and Democratic leaders.

The U.S. currently bars unvaccinated foreigners from entry into the country, a policy that is expected to be lifted when the government ends its COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11.

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Tennis-Florida's DeSantis urges Biden to let unvaccinated Djokovic enter US for Miami Open (Original Post) Fla Dem Mar 2023 OP
Just because he's a tennis star, what makes him better than any other unvaccinated person? Fla Dem Mar 2023 #1
Novak Djokovic is one of the best tennis players ever and a full on selfish asshole Botany Mar 2023 #2
I did not know that. Thank you. Fla Dem Mar 2023 #3
If people would just go and get vaccinated we could go along way to putting C-19 behind us. Botany Mar 2023 #5
I agree. As much as I love Tennis SouthernDem4ever Mar 2023 #11
Pro Putin stooge bronxiteforever Mar 2023 #4
Tell him he'll No samplegirl Mar 2023 #6
Didn't Australia cave on the vaccination rules for him? Karadeniz Mar 2023 #7
Yes they did. Fla Dem Mar 2023 #8
Withdrawn. Game over. cbabe Mar 2023 #9
Biden will probably not remove the ban DeSantis only demanded yesterday. Fla Dem Mar 2023 #10

Fla Dem

(23,347 posts)
1. Just because he's a tennis star, what makes him better than any other unvaccinated person?
Wed Mar 8, 2023, 10:22 AM
Mar 2023

But of course, the 3 idiot Republicans turning Fla into an autocracy want him to receive special treatment. He can easily enter by getting vaccinated.

Botany

(70,289 posts)
2. Novak Djokovic is one of the best tennis players ever and a full on selfish asshole
Wed Mar 8, 2023, 10:33 AM
Mar 2023

People who don't get vaccinated become hosts to the C-19 virus and in doing so they allow
the virus to grow and mutate inside of them and those mutations become the next "new strain"
of corona virus and the party keeps going.

SouthernDem4ever

(6,459 posts)
11. I agree. As much as I love Tennis
Wed Mar 8, 2023, 03:39 PM
Mar 2023

I didn't even watch the final men's match of the Australian Open since it was Djokovic in the match. He is an asshole. That's why Desatan loves him. It takes one to love one.

bronxiteforever

(9,287 posts)
4. Pro Putin stooge
Wed Mar 8, 2023, 10:39 AM
Mar 2023

Novak Djokovic’s father seen posing with pro-Putin group at Australian Open
This article is more than 1 month old
Srdjan Djokovic tells flagbearers ‘long live Russian citizens’
Footage follows arrest of pro-Russian fans at Australian Open
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jan/26/novak-djokovics-father-seen-posing-with-flagbearing-supporters-of-vladimir-putin-at-australian-open


No wonder the Florida’s Mussolini loves him. Deathsantis will have Russian oligarchs running loose and Putin concentration camps full of Ukrainian Woman and children.

Fla Dem

(23,347 posts)
8. Yes they did.
Wed Mar 8, 2023, 01:14 PM
Mar 2023
Novak Djokovic Is Cleared to Play in Australian Open
Australia has lifted the tennis star’s three-year ban on entering the country, imposed when he was deported in January over his failure to be vaccinated against Covid

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/world/australia/novak-djokovic-australian-open.html


cbabe

(3,440 posts)
9. Withdrawn. Game over.
Wed Mar 8, 2023, 02:02 PM
Mar 2023

Withdrawn. Game over.
https://www.bbc.com › sport › tennis › 60685794

Djokovic pulls out of Indian Wells & Miami - BBC Sport

Mar 9, 2022Former world number one Novak Djokovic played in his first tournament of 2022 in Dubai in February. Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from Indian Wells and the Miami Open - the first two Masters Series ..

(Repost from yesterday)

Fla Dem

(23,347 posts)
10. Biden will probably not remove the ban DeSantis only demanded yesterday.
Wed Mar 8, 2023, 03:02 PM
Mar 2023
DeSantis Slams Biden For Vaccination Rule Barring …
Mar 8, 2023, 11:05 AM EST. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Tuesday blasted President Joe Biden for a rule preventing tennis superstar Novak Djokovic from participating in the upcoming Miami Open tournament without a COVID-19 vaccination. Under the current requirements, the Serbian is not permitted to enter the country without the inoculation.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ron-desantis-joe-biden-novak-djokovi-miami_n_64089a7ee4b0dfe632118375


In my original post it was stated that Djokovic had withdrawn on Sunday, the 5th after requests from Rubio and Scott were denied. It was then that "I can demand anything DeSantis" made his demand to Biden YESTERDAY.

I'm sure that will be ignored or formally denied. Whether Djokvic does or doesn't play isn't really the issue. It's the smugness of DeSantis.
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