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Florida Gov DeSantis signs bill limiting vaccine mandates
ABC News ^ | November 18, 2021 | ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE

Posted on 11/22/2021 2:01:37 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com

Edited on 11/22/2021 3:29:21 PM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Private businesses in Florida will be forced to let workers opt out of coronavirus vaccine mandates after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a sweeping legislative package Thursday to combat White House virus rules.

DeSantis, a Republican, signed the bills into law at a ceremony alongside leaders of the GOP-controlled statehouse and other state officials who said they were protecting people from burdensome federal vaccination requirements.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: covid; covidvaccines; desantis; fl; florida; giterdone; moreoldnews; rondesantis; statesrights; vaccinemandates
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1 posted on 11/22/2021 2:01:37 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

The location of the DeSantis bill signing ceremony was held at a car dealership in the small Tampa suburb of BRANDON, FL

The governor smiled when asked if the location was a move to troll the president, saying β€œI think that Brandon, Florida is a great American city” as a crowd of about 250 supporters chanted β€œLet’s go Brandon.”


2 posted on 11/22/2021 2:03:35 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com ( )
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Gov DeSantis will win Florida by bigger margin than last election which was a squeaker. We love him here in FLorida. But his anti-vaxxine stance guarantees a loss in a nationwide contest. Just my objective opinion.


3 posted on 11/22/2021 2:04:22 PM PST by entropy12 (President Trump was the best president in my life time of 81 years and counting..)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com
FedGov sends troops into Florida in 3... 2... 1...

Seriously, I hope Florida prevails over the "Biden" junta's unconstitutional "vaccine" mandates. It will encourage other states. My own state (Alabama) has a weak governor that signed a weak anti-mandate bill that ultimately helps nobody but state employees.

4 posted on 11/22/2021 2:06:01 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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To: entropy12

I agree, and don’t know why any Southern governor would run for Federal President ever again. Perhaps they might run for President of the Southern Coalition of States, or whatever emerges, but no Republican will ever be elected President of the US in its present form, ever again. Demonrats can and will steal any such election.


5 posted on 11/22/2021 2:08:05 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

DeSantis officially made Florida the first state with a law that imposes fines on businesses and hospitals that require inoculation against Covid-19 without exemptions or alternatives.

DeSantis signed the legislative package into law a day after Republican lawmakers passed his anti-mandate agenda during a fast-moving special session that was largely divided along party lines.

“Leadership means you get in there and you do what you can to stand by people,” DeSantis said. “And that’s exactly what we did today.”


6 posted on 11/22/2021 2:12:45 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com ( )
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To: entropy12
But his anti-vaxxine stance guarantees a loss in a nationwide contest. Just my objective opinion.

Not anti-"vax", anti mandate. The mandates have NOT been popular in most polls. Also, you have to consider how people will feel about the mandates in 2024. We all know some early takers who bought the first round of propaganda and now have buyer's remorse, especially when boosters kick in.

If a majority backs Biden's approach on this, then no one worth electing can win.

The Republican nominee HAS to be anti-mandate.
7 posted on 11/22/2021 2:19:34 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Signed the bill in Brandon, FL.

LET’S GO BRANDON!


8 posted on 11/22/2021 2:33:32 PM PST by consult
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To: Dr. Sivana

I agree because I am against health related mandates from government. But voters are not politically astute. They might confuse anti-mandate as anti-vaccine.

That is what happened in 2020. President Trump said something like “this covid is just another flu and will disappear when warm summer weather arrives”. Biden on the other hand was hiding in his basement and wearing masks. Voters construed that as Biden was taking covid more seriously.

An example of this is Virginia which Trump lost to Biden by 10 points. Everyone assumed VA was more blue now. That can’t be true, since in the recent election for governor the republican won by 3 points. That is 13 points better than Trump.


9 posted on 11/22/2021 3:14:53 PM PST by entropy12 (President Trump was the best president in my life time of 81 years and counting..)
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To: entropy12
But his anti-vaxxine stance guarantees a loss in a nationwide contest. Just my objective opinion.

You got it the wrong way round.

10 posted on 11/22/2021 3:15:55 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: entropy12
That can't be true, since in the recent election for governor the republican won by 3 points. That is 13 points better than Trump.

The GOP won the Lt Governor, state AG and state legislature too.
Mostly from fightback against CRT, vaccine mandates etc etc.

11 posted on 11/22/2021 3:19:46 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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May be. Then it follows that president Trump should have done the same thing. It is hard for me to believe the margin of fraud in Virginia was 13%.


12 posted on 11/22/2021 3:25:53 PM PST by entropy12 (President Trump was the best president in my life time of 81 years and counting..)
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To: entropy12

Lie your way to the Presidency. That’s the ticket. Cuz, you know, voters just aren’t politically astute. Biden shares similar condescending views.


13 posted on 11/22/2021 3:27:57 PM PST by aspasia
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To: entropy12

why is florida governor ron desantis so popular right now?...


14 posted on 11/22/2021 3:47:50 PM PST by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: heavy metal
why is florida governor ron desantis so popular right now?

Probably because he knows how to capitalize and doesn't write like an inbred hood-rat.

15 posted on 11/22/2021 4:03:31 PM PST by humblegunner (Ain't drownin', Just wavin'...)
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according to your logic you’re an inbred hood-rat due to your lack of using a capital letter in your screen name... 😁...


16 posted on 11/22/2021 4:14:28 PM PST by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: entropy12
That is 13 points better than Trump.

Virginia is a funny case. There are undoubtedly many, many government employees, government contractors, and special interest groups who may sometimes lean Republican in general but didn't like Trump's anti-Washington approach. They may also feel different about state issues vs. national issues. For an entire generation voters in the deep south would vote for a Republican for president, but Democrat on the underticket out of culture and perception of "their" Democrat Rep or Senator.

Virginia just isn't a great state to extrapolate from.
17 posted on 11/22/2021 5:30:01 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
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To: entropy12; backwoods-engineer

DeSantis’ opposition to mandating the poisons labeled COVID vaccines is an enormous plus for him in every way.


18 posted on 11/22/2021 7:50:22 PM PST by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

DeSantis: Some Companies Are Re-Hiring People Let Go Over Vax Mandates
https://rumble.com/vpn0ff-desantis-some-companies-are-re-hiring-people-let-go-over-vax-mandates.html?mref=22lbp&mc=56yab&fbclid=IwAR0FBqK_xMLWIlf2f0edNgf-EZyo8P7PrRZSstrOMd3hVtFhiA0943nBl7s


19 posted on 11/22/2021 8:01:33 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com ( )
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To: entropy12

β€œ Just my objective opinion.”

Objective, right. You branch Covidians are quite the dishonest group.


20 posted on 11/22/2021 8:18:42 PM PST by BlueMondaySkipper (Involuntarily subsidizing the parasite class since 1981)
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