Posted on 02/11/2021 7:35:43 PM PST by lightman
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing back against a report about a potential CCP Virus related domestic travel restriction for Floridians, calling the idea “unconstitutional.”
“And I think it’s an absurd report that they would be doing that. I think it would be unconstitutional, it would be unwise and it would be unjust,” DeSantis said at a press conference on Thursday.
The Miami Herald reported Wednesday that the Biden administration is considering whether to impose domestic travel restrictions, including on Florida, to stem the spread of the UK variant.
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) says it is monitoring the UK variant, known as B.1.1.7, which has recently surged in Florida and California, where over a third of all cases in the United States have been identified.
Meanwhile, DeSantis said he is unclear why the Biden administration would target Florida for travel restriction given the pandemic is far worse in other states and the southern border permits illegal immigrants.
“And if you think about it, restricting the right of Americans to travel freely throughout our country while allowing illegal aliens to pour across the southern border unmolested would be a ridiculous, but very damaging, farce,” he continued.
DeSantis told reporters that he will oppose any travel restrictions, because Florida is doing better than many other states to contain the virus, with the death rates lower and the rate of vaccinations.
“So we will oppose it 100 percent,” DeSantis said. “It would not be based in science. It would purely be a political attack against the people of Florida, and it’s unclear why they would even try talking about that.”
After DeSantis’s press briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki addressed the idea of the reported domestic travel restrictions at her daily briefing on Thursday.
“We are always considering what steps are necessary to keep the American people safe, but we are not currently in the process of… no decisions have been made around additional public health measures that would delay—or would change, I should say—domestic travel considerations,” Psaki said.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Wednesday wrote a letter to President Joe Biden amid the reports of travel restrictions.
“Instituting a travel ban, or any restriction of movement between the states would be an outrageous, authoritarian move that has no basis in law or science. Instead, it would only serve to inflict severe and devastating economic pain on an already damaged economy,” Rubio wrote.
Rubio called any travel restriction between states draconian and urged Biden to instead help citizens get access to the vaccine.
“Instead of dictating where Americans can, or cannot travel, your administration should instead focus on increasing supply and availability of vaccines, especially to Florida, the third most populous state and a winter retreat,” Rubio added.
Wouldn't have anything to do with a new resident of West Palm Beach, would it?
Make my day Biden. That would be political suicide.
““And if you think about it, restricting the right of Americans to travel freely throughout our country while allowing illegal aliens to pour across the southern border unmolested would be a ridiculous, but very damaging, farce,” he continued.”
Very presidential response. FYI, Noem is the ONLY Governor in America who did not lockdown her state since the beginning, and she’s hot too ;)
Can’t have two people from same state
I had the shock of my life today when someone I was talking to, who lives in Vermont of all places, told me that she thought the reason biden is going after FL was because of Trump.
I’ve been surprised lately, at the number of Vermonters I’ve met who actually are Trump supporters.
The Blithering idiot and his crew are going after red states. They just happen to be the ones with the pipeline, the border and better COVID responses.
The leftist are hysterical over Trump and Brady.
All these “Blue” states are such only because their voter fraud operations are sophisticated.
Trump/DeSantis 2024
That would get me to use the Republican vehicle one more time. No Trump, no support.
My preferred ticket too!
LOVE IT
Ok...even better
Or “Red” states?
Mebbe.
I prefer to refer to them as "Free States".
In a word resist as ALL should have done at the start of this insanity!
DeSantis should put all CDC workers who come into Florida in a state-ordered 14 day quarentine in some isolated places in the Everglades. Gators gotta eat, you know.
There are FREE STATES then there are OCCUPIED STATES.
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