Florida's Governor Lifts All COVID-19 Restrictions On Businesses Statewide

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he's lifting all restrictions on businesses statewide that were imposed to limit the spread of the coronavirus. That means restaurants and bars in the state can now operate at full capacity.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, pictured during a news conference last month, says his state is ready to respond if a surge of coronavirus infections emerges.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, pictured during a news conference last month, says his state is ready to respond if a surge of coronavirus infections emerges.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he is lifting all restrictions on businesses statewide that were imposed to control the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.

"Every business has the right to operate," DeSantis said."Some of the locals can do reasonable regulations. But you can't just say no." The number of coronavirus cases in Florida has dropped steadily since the peak in mid-July. Since then, DeSantis said,"we've actually seen more economic activity, more interaction. Schools have opened, all the theme parks are open, more people have visited."DeSantis said he's seen no signs of a possible"second wave" of infections, but that hospitals have plenty of capacity and the state is ready to respond if one emerges.

 

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I'd never shame anyone for wearing a mask and even think they may help but fuck anyone trying to force their will on others.

Remember 15 days to flatten the curve? Most of those who still support these restrictions only do so because Trump opposes them. The fallout will be way worse than the virus itself with its 99+% survival rate.

Talk about men with no idea!

He’s such a

Hey, Ron C'mere... cough cough cough

Stoooooooopid

OMG-Stop that idiot👎❌

This is stupidity u can open up but the mandate for mask and social distance's should maintain at least to the end of the year this is failed leadership at its best.

jackiekerry70 Florida will be a hot spot.

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This gov. Clearly knows NOTHING about INFECTION CONTROL. I think he’s just aiming to please DT and get in line for a future promotion. I’m positive the gov will not be showing up at any Fl hospital to help out when they are overwhelmed with an increase in cases.

Monkey See. Monkey Do. He forgets that Covid will kill as many Reps as Dems. He'll lose half of his base.

The puppet on the strings

Pretty easy to see what headlines will be in a few weeks- something along the lines of Florida hospitals are overwhelmed. Schools need to shut down. Enhanced Restrictions for business. The media shouldn't doesn't fall for this nonsense. Focus on trumps overall danger to America.

It shouldn’t matter that the Gov. is allowing all businesses to open - with zero restrictions. The citizens of great state of FL must decide and make decisions based on science (wise choice IMHO). The virus doesn’t care about your political affiliation.

He just wants people to die

Okay

Sadly a PI lawyer’s dream. Employee cases first then patron cases. With 800k cases (with unknown long term) and 15k deaths in Fla - that’s a big plaintiffs’ pool that is likely to get bigger - who owns

I did not vote for this pawn.

Why do Florida Republicans hate Floridians? VoteBlueToEndThisNightmare

He’s not a good governor.

And how many more must die for these idiots?

Good luck Americans! You gonna need that badly.

Floridians should sue RonDeSantisFL for criminal negligence. COVIDー19 Trump TheVillages RepublicansForBiden AARP USA VoteHimOut2020 Masks SCIENCE AMA Doctors

Complete failure of leadership. realDonaldTrump & RonDeSantisFL are criminally negligent in any all deaths in the state of Florida for willfully endangering lives where the fault lies in the failure to foresee & so allow otherwise avoidable dangers to manifest. Covid Florida

Well when he's wondering why they are stacking bodies in refrigerated trucks, we can tell DeSantis that they are all on his hands.

GovRonDeSantis doesn't care about people. He only cares about being a trump toady and $$ People are not going to come here during this reckless abandon to human health. He's a sycophant. End of story

Bad move!!!!!!👎👎👎👎👎

There is a way to stop this. It will not be said. It must not be spoken. Do not say it.

Fire the governor.

I love it. I am pleased our nation's dong is allowing Darwinism as the rule of the day, so let's all support deSantis and his faith in the Floridian immune response. The 5 kids still alive next year this time will be soo strong. Yeah!! Fook yeah, Florida!!

Phase 3 guide lines ( media says it like back to normal )

So infection rate for Florida will be in the 90% area? Hey Siri, what’s 2-3% of the population of FL? Within the next year or two I wonder if it will make it 2 million deaths in the United States.

Ok. Raise your hand if you will go to California for vacation this year instead of Florida !

Good luck to Floridians! It used to be a lovely place before the mobster DeSantis showed up.

Well, killing off all the anti-mask Trump supporters with COVID-19 is one way to support Democrats in Florida this election cycle.

BlackNarcissus5 BUILD A WALL!

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Does he know he can just resign? Does he know he does not HAVE to kill his base to lose an election, right?

You just handed Florida over to Biden and the Dems! Thank you incompetent leader!

this is a bad idea 😞

Another “Florida man” ridiculous true story. It would be nice to someday make headlines for the right reasons.

This country is never going to get rid of Covid, is it?

It’ll be interesting & sad watching the infections in that state increase

What in the damn “Soylent Green “ is this 😳😳😳

Florida it’s a wrap for me

Trump and his henchmen are purposefully killing Americans.

DeSantis is going to be responsible for hundreds of deaths for his negligent order. I hope the people of Florida will make him pay for this.

Well now, that should get the number of COVID deaths up.

这就是自由的味道么🤔

...and this winter when the disease returns...

What’s the over/under of Desantis catching Covid 19 and passing in 2-3 weeks?

Let’s see what state can beat the FL Covid spike!

jackiekerry70 Dumbest thing I have heard lately. Doesn't he know there is a pandemic raging across the country!

Well done FL!!!

Very stupid!

So he’s intentionally trying to kill people.

Never going to Florida!

Sadly, it's always the poor people who will suffer the most. Now they will be denied unemployment while forced to go back to work in restaurants where customers pack in without masks. If they get sick there's no ACA.

Thoughts and prayers. 😂

GovWhitmer says she follows science. It must be different in florida LOL btw she is the one that doesnt know anything

Great , all the right wing, red hat wearing, communist supported , white supremacist, nazi apologist,republicans can breath in as much covid19 virus they think they can handle and we'll see what happens as their dear leader always says. The whole world is watching. Good luck.

The Governor will set you up for death knowingly but wont let you smoke anoint. America the RepublIc is DEAD.

RIP Florida

So happy for them and their freedom! Way to go Florida!

This FL Gov is a putz

Are you serious.. you are not a smart man and you are killing people .. you are not a health official! Pack your bags

Glad you’re not my governor!

Will DeSantis be charged with premeditated murder or negligent homicide when all those extra people shuffle off this mortal coil?

And COVID-19 infections and deaths will begin to skyrocket in two weeks.

Eww

They may be sorry.

dmihalopoulos Please please please GOV pritzger open up Illinois

Wise decision

jackiekerry70 Who voted for this guy?

But will it old this lame ass Governor accountable for the deaths of thousands of people who will die do to his incompetence

American freedom lives in Florida

Death cult.

So if people get sick will he pay the medical bills?

He means that Florida is overpopulated

Such a fool TrumpDeathToll204K

Does he actually have the authority to prevent local officials from fining people? Just wondering. I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV. 🙄

Are the morgues hiring?

Yikes.....

So glad I don’t live in COVID, Fl

Fuck yes! Open this up, call it a new normal, whatever... open this bitch up!!!!!

This could trigger a domino effect of COVID-19 cases 😖 businesses and people should continue to stay vigilant 😷

Stupid fukers

🤦😰

Those small, as local as possible government republican values on display again - oh wait.

De Santis — killing not protecting Floridians. Cruel debased sadist

Get ready for the next wave.😒

If you’re in the body bag business, better get to Florida. You’ll make a killing.

so... start counting !!!

This guy's as batshit crazy as Trump...

💩

All in? So stupid move! Saving lives is not gambling. Be a humanitarian gov!

Another Trump Jr. DeSantis, like his pseudo dad, does not care about lives lost and people sickened. Sociopaths have no empathy and are concerned only with themselves.

Get ready for the spike. Everyone sacrifice your family members to your cult leaders.

This will cost Floridian and American lives.

How difficult is it for these morons to wear a face mask? 709 deaths in Florida last week per Johns Hopkins.

Like, 1: Wow. That's dumb. 2 Floridians are still crazy. 3 I wonder if a good chunk of old Republican Floridians will die before November because they insist on not wearing masks?

LOCK HIM UP! RonDeathSantis

About time...

I wonder when their next Covid spike will happen

Have flattened the curve, Florida will lift all COVID-19 restrictions on businesses across the state. The order will also stop cities and counties from fining people for not wearing mandated face coverings.

Guess when they started scrubbing the books it cleared things right up!

'Pro-life.'

So you are telling me next year is going to suck too. Glad I don’t live in Florida

Beginning now, I will not go to any restaurant or mall since precautions have been lifted at once. Florida becomes a high risk place. Look at the projections

Florida will need to dig a lot in the next months.

I’m cool with Florida dying on that hill.

So why do we need vaccines?

I’m sad for all workers in restaurants and retail. What will the numbers look like in two weeks.

Gotta get that in before the election to serve his master...

People's lives and health were lost to political interests.

Yes! We’re finally around a corner with Covid in the rear view mirror. I mean, we just recorded the highest number of cases since mid-August but those are numbers not desires. Let’s go with our feelings on this not facts.

It’s almost snowbird season that’s why $$$$$$$$&$.

Stay safe and ALIVE so you can VoteBlueDownBallot ~ Florida. 💙🇺🇸💙 ImVotingForBiden to SaveLives and SaveOurDemocracy

These fucks are crazy, they have not been enforcing shit and people seem to think that it also means they can practically hump people in line. Sick of this shit state

This idiot has led the red state governors in stupidity & been responsible for thousands of deaths in FL and elsewhere from spring break through this. Total TOOL!!!

Anyone who listens to GovRonDeSantis is a complete idiot! Good luck!

What Ron DeSantis should do is to cancel all the penalties of former felons that completed all due process, and let them vote. This creep is willing to endanger the Florida children for following the cult leader, playing the flute, down the cliff. He should leave children alone!!

Oh Florida.

If we could be responsible for 2-3 weeks we could be much better off and largely move along with our lives!

Good luck with that. He really has a complex problem.

All we can do is pray for them all. 😳

“Let’s force a second wave and blame Biden in January!”

Gee, what could go wrong?

What a puppet.

Sounds like a big mistake.

That’s a horrible mistake

dr. death

It's a great idea to open up businesses responsibly. Florida's Governor is showing the Nation how to open up businesses irresponsibly. Don't be like Florida. Be responsible.

It sounds like DeSantis wants to spike Covid19 cases and will wipe out the over 65 age group. Cannot think of any other motivation unless $$$ is more important than people’s lives.

ACSimonelli

All of Floridas Aged and Sickly right now

There goes the rate in FL.

I’m sorry but Florida deserves him. They should’ve voted for the other guy. Now they reap the consequences.

Florida had 120 deaths from Covid yesterday, the highest in the country.

Yeeeeah, that's a winning Republican stance. Kill the workers.

Could he also stop landlords and banks from evicting tenants and foreclosing on peoples' homes? And, fine those landlords and banks that do?

jinnieskia what is going on with your state

Natural Selection is alive and well in Florida!!!

He’s bat sh!t crazy. Just like his orange overload.

Sounds like an odd system of law there. This 'mandate' is law but is nullified by executive order? Why do they have a state legislature?

Lots of people in grocery stores flaunting their no-mask faces, helping DeSantis spread the plague

Good for the governor. Florida will thrive.

DeSantis said he's seen no signs of a possible 'second wave' of infections. Really? You mean this guy said that?

good luck to Florida 🤷🏼‍♂️

Money over health? Very sad

Winning

Well what can one say? I hope they all voted by mail!

Joe Biden and other national leaders must call for national day of mourning prayer and remembrance for the 200,000 Americans who have died from covid-19

Goodbye Florida. We need to put Police tape at all the borders. Nobody leaves

My poor family in Florida. Pls, pls, pls stay safe. VOTE!!!

according to CityofJax masks are still mandated in the city, unless they lied in their response.

He was with Trump in Jacksonville Thursday night and this happened Friday 😡😡

Insanity!

nice

Do you remember: The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami occurred at 07:58:53 in local time on 26 December and 228000 people died! It is called the greatest disaster of the century. We now have almost 1 Million covid 19 deaths and a lot of people do not care! WTF is wrong?

Over 2,800 new cases and another 120 new covid-19 deaths being reported in Florida, just today. Lifting restrictions is nothing but criminal negligence!

A governor with a backbone? Whhhhhaaat?

OK, new rule One: Stay Away From Florida, Floridians, and Cars With Florida Plates.

950 people move to FL a day. Maybe this will deter them.

How is this a legal move by a governor? I mean besides it being totally idiotic in the face of rising cases again in a majority of states...

killing Floridians thanks GovDeSantis

This guy has to go

DeSantisKillsFlorida

So many reasons to immigrate to Canada.

Florida is that weird relative at your family reunion who claims to have seen UFOs. You love them, they are a part of the family, but...they got issues.

YAY! Nothing should have ever been shut down!!!

GOP is the Covid Party. Breathe deep.

DeSantis is such a wimp & such a Trump puppet. Here we go again. Another state that is just going to spread infections massively. We’re never going to get this under control until Trump is gone & we have a real leader to impose national orders. We need intelligence in leadership.

America: 4% of the world’s population, yet accounting for 20% of covid deaths.

Best Governor ever. Intelligent. Deliberative. Courageous. Unlike you, he is ethical and truthful.

How to achieve herd mentality faster

They are 3rd in the nation and had more deaths yesterday than California did, despite the fact that they have half their population. They reported nearly 3k new cases just today, the most of any state, but sure, go ahead and open it up boys!

Thanks RonDeSantisFL OpenLouisiana LouisianaGov

America needs to wake up and realize trump is a fraud, a complete con man, dishonest, dishonorable and unlawful. He is intentional in his manipulation and lies with the sole purpose to divide Americans. This weakens America people. Our founding fathers would be disgusted. Vote!

Welcome to the COVID State

Hotel profits over lives

The death cult has its conducter of the dirge.

Excellent!!!!

Well this maybe a good thing, if all the crusty old Republicans die before Election Day Florida might not be contested 🤷

So DeSantis decided that since cases are starting to go down a bit he needs to reverse that trend. Um, why?

Sweden has great success doing the same. 99%+ survival rate. Presented ’s are skewed. More political than dangerous.

Godspeed

DeSantis is getting fat.

Florida go bye-bye.

You know how money begets money and power begets power-? Apparently stupidity begets stupidity as well

Used to be that living in Florida was just annoying, but now it is genuinely dangerous.

Excellent! Pleased to hear it!

I cannot say enough bad things about him.

U get what u vote 4! Floridians voted for this total Trump kiss ass & now they’re being herded into paying for it! They should start getting their affairs in order, cuz many are going to die & in my opinion, other states should place a travel ban on leaving & going to Florida!

What can possibly go wrong? 🤦🏻‍♀️

Great job governor GovRonDeSantis DeSantis, the high risk population should take additional precautions, but it is not the job of the government to mandate.

Insanity

He's already a mass murderer

Ron DeSatan Grim Reaper

Masks are not prohibited. Those with serious risks can take precautions as warranted.

When it spikes again (not if) this dude needs to be charged with homicide after any deaths

GovRonDeSantis has miserably failed his state already. No surprise he's doubling down on his miscalculations.

Staying in for the foreseeable future. Double edged sword for local businesses with DeSantis springing this with no forethought beyond Trump's orders .Anti-maskers will be out in force. Others will stay home and might even further curb activities, following the doc's advice.

What could go wrong?

Good luck

Because......... Florida

sloodles Disruption, a sharp rise in cases, then a shut down right before election to keep people home, maybe the agenda

BabyWallTrump has not had an independent thought since he took office. Wait for the fun to begin January 20th when daddy Donny is out of Office.

Lifting the restrictions is one thing but handcuffing cities that are just trying to keep people safe is just evil. Florida elected this guy... Just wow.

This is insanity.

RonDeSantisFL proving time and time again why we need to invest massively in education, and science.

Can we ban flights from Florida?

Ron De$antis

Florida man did it again

yep

Yay death! Please dine in a full-capacity, indoor restaurant, Ron, without a face mask. Lead by example.

DeSantis DeSantis destructive order is going make Florida the biggest graveyard in America, astonishing how such fools get elected and many, many more fools who believe in their lies than science facts, all anti-mask 'hoax' hooligans on a suicide mission

RIP

And more Floridians will die.

Floriduh...

Are Floridians comfortable with that?

Florida was getting too crowded anyway

I live in FL. My Mom lives in Madrid. Both gov. are killing us. Aren’t we lucky?

It was nice knowing you Floridians. It’s shameful that the governor of your state doesn’t value your lives.

DeSantis is a mass murderer.

FEAR IS FOR THE WEAK.

Vivo en FL. Mi madre en Madrid. Mi familia tiene el privilegio de estar en manos de tarados en dos continentes. Alguien da más?

😡😡😡😡😡

Florida should be a model for blue states to copy.

Maybe some note about rising cases and 100+ deaths a day or simply that it is contrary to published guidelines would be nice.

Won't be vacationing in Florida ever again.

I suppose everyone in Florida is going to die of COVID now since Floridians are no longer required to wear a mask while outside jogging alone.

Finally some sense!

Poor Ronnie, just following Trump’s orders! Won’t it be ironic that too many supporters will be too sick to vote! ProjectLincoln keep up the good work!

Good luck down there. Gonna need it

RIP Florida 🙏🏽

Pay attention FL Seniors. Vote Blue Nov 3rd!!

Well... whatever

G'bye, grandma.... sniff.

GovRonDeSantis is a disgrace to Humanity and Democracy and the Constitution of the USA

So, is the message that the people of Florida should risk getting Covid-19 for the love of the economy?

I can’t tell the difference between a headline on the onion vs real news anymore

Floriduh....George Carlin- 'Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.'

Do Republicans make a concerted effort to make irresponsible choices? One might think they are trying out-stupid the Republican governor in the next state.

He will do anything to try to stop people from voting. Clearly he is intentionally trying to get as many people sick so they can’t vote and to scare the ones out of voting who aren’t yet sick.

God dammit, Florida!! 😤

I hope there's no elderly people in Florida.

Is petty even a strong enough word for what DeSantis is doing? This is like some extreme form of oppositional-defiant disorder. He's doing EVERYTHING counter to medical advice and reasoning, regardless of how many will be killed or suffer. ExileTrump AbolishTheGOP

Finally, someone with some common sense! Well done.

calfloridia I thought this was Jim Brulte for a hot sec!

We're on our own folks. Use your common sense. Florida DesantisNeeds2Go Pandemic WearADamnMask WashYourHands SocialDistance BeSmartandSafe Don't be a CovidIdiot

Just when you though Missouri would take the lead in dumbest state, Florida comes back and says 'Not in my House!'.

Apparently science, research and the pandemic mean nothing. All those people who have wasted time in med school & on those careers, sorry politicians know better w/ out qualifications. 🤦‍♀️

When the virus has an over 99% survival rate, pretty sure it is ok to get back to normal. LiberalismIsAMentalDisorder

Swimming in covid now, but soon hitting the deep end. sad

Lord help us

Enough is enough. The left has had almost 7 months to make people dependent on the government.

This is a good idea. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Ron DeathSentence has been very busy this week.

“Florida Man Removes All Public Health Mandates Despite Global Pandemic”

He cares more about his image with the economy than he does his own people it is obvious just like somebody else we know.....

monstrous.

Of course it will be FL or AZ that screw us all. 💙💙💙🇺🇸💙💙💙

worst adolescent dystopian novel ever

Everyone who voted for DeathSantis.

He going for that Trump herd immunity which lots and lots of people die.

The rolling seven-day average of new daily US coronavirus cases has now climbed to 44,111 cases per day - up 30 percent in the last two weeks, from 34,071 cases per day on September 12, according to data from CNN and Johns Hopkins University. TrumpLiesAmericansDie

Anyone over 65 years old doesn't matter to Florida Republicans.

Idiocy GovRonDeSantis

How stupid one can be 🧐😳

I recommend Democrats stay home and Republicans go out every night.

Oh no everyone will all be dead again in two weeks.

Time to forget the dead and dying. He's over this virus. Only someone forgot to tell the virus to stop infecting our citizens. What governor neglects his responsibilities 🤔 to a point that his citizens die? REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS

Full-on crazy

Yup. In three weeks infections will scare folks to not go to the polls on Nov. 3rd.

Get ready for a rise in cases Florida

This whole lockdown was a waste of everyone’s time.If all the persons in this nation won’t respect each other,don’t give a damn who lives, dies or falls ill. Always been this way for rare disorders, auto immune folks just now it’s a pandemic and effects everyone and is catchy.

This whole lockdown was a waste of everyone’s time.If all the persons in this nation won’t respect each other,don’t give a damn who dies or is permanently damaged then there wasn’t and isn’t a point to it. Too many fools

Republicans are growing desperate by the minute, trying to throw a Hail Mary pass to rescue their sinking ship from a rout. They haven’t realized that the economy will not lift until the pandemic is under control. .realDonaldTrump has poisoned them & erased independent thinking.

When are the Governor elections? Or do they happen at the same time as Government ones.

There have been 15,000 COVID deaths in Florida already, why not add a few more thousand deaths? Florida is a densely populated state anyway

Well, watch Florida’s numbers rise. Looks like he’s trying to achieve herd immunity on the backs of the weak.

let people decide for themselves.

🚨 Anyone over 50 living in Florida or visiting Florida... If you value your life, get out now while you still can. State border will soon be closed, outbound travel will soon be halted.

Ron, or Oftrump, is also not releasing school Covid numbers. Does he think he’s helping Florida tourism by opening everything for an even more increased number of cases?!!!

That's ok, GovRonDeSantis, you'll just be killing off elderly Republican voters... That'll be sad for your reelection.

I’ve been wondering what would happen if somone just said “fuck-it.” Leave it to Florida to be that state.

Dead people of scrambled eggs sounds like a good deal

Darwin Award...

Thoughts and prayers

Idiot

He's a nut!

Ah well. Keep an eye out for a lot of new beach front property opening up.. oh, don't buy or go there just keep an eye out

Idiot!

Thank God! It's been almost 260 weeks since I've been to Cracker Barrel; finally, I'm free!!

Look for the 'mark of the devil' on this guy also!

I can't believe future generations have a case study of exactly what not to do i. The middle of a pandemic.

Yea America, free again. Ports of entry and winter produce. Should redirect supply chain management and start improving the infrastructure for transport. The demand for produce will revitalize our grocery outlets

Gee, I wonder if this is connected with Trump's re-election strategy. 'If I ignore Covid, it will go away. Plus, my Base will be happy...for now.'

And he still has the Gov’s mansion closed to the public. His hypocrisy knows no bounds. DeathSantis ComplicitCorruptGOP TrumpPandemicFailure

Vote stupid, you get stupid

Nice wording you fake news.

The plague was handled better in the 1300’s. We’re fucked.

Very good. People should know on their own how to protect themselves. They don’t need to be forced by a government to live a certain way. Freedom above all.

Let Darwin take care of the rest.

He hedging his bets he knows thousands more will die. Perhaps 10s of thousands then when spring break comes,,, Thousands more. What does he care. Not a bit.

He's betting that the positive, poll-boosting effects are mostly inside the next 4 or 5 weeks, and the deaths won't really start affecting public opinion until about 6 or 8 weeks from now, safely after the electio

Over 700 people died from covid in Florida this past week--more than any other state in the country. (ETA: officially, that is.) Desantis is literally killing people to re-elect Donald Trump. n.

Maximum carnage and suffering coming up!

Wow

There’s stupid and then there’s Florida stupid.

I mean it’s Florida. What do you expect?

Murderer. He's trying to kill voters

Well, good luck Florida

My October fishing trip to FL is now cancelled.

No brains no common sense

So all of the Floridians that choose to ignore we have a pandemic and not practice all it’s safety precautions, stay the hell in your own state.

I’m so glad that a governor of a state finally kicks back this nonsense that has been strangling our country. Hopefully this is the sign of the ice cracking, and the rest will start to follow!

My 75 yr old mom lives in Florida, Ron DeathSantis. If she gets sick from this, you’ll need to hide. I will bring my liberal California a** to Florida, the COVID19 State, and do all that I can to bring you down. Non-violently, of course. I’m just King like that.

Leading the way.

But masks work! Gov. Desantis can’t prevent you from wearing masks, right ? and wash your hands often and thoroughly. Stay home if your immune compromised. He’s just opening businesses, you don’t have to patronize them. Do your take out. social distance.

Florida man goes full Florida man

🤦🏻‍♀️

He's pandering to trump plain and simple

This is so stupid!! As a medical professional this is a huge mistake. Watch the numbers go up again. This is never going to be over!!

Somehow, the fallout from this will be the Democrats fault.

DeSantis just doesn’t care about Floridians or tourists to Florida, does he. I am not looking forward to the infection fallout from this 😷

How many more Floridians will die for Desantis ' slavish service to Trump?

Excellent employees want to work, people want to get back to eating and tipping!!!!

History will not be kind to him

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Are one tearm Governor will soon be out so he can no longer be able to destroy Florida families and are economy it's shameful the times we are in.

Sorry kids, I guess you won't be getting that Christmas present from Grammy & PopPop this year.

And just like his dear leader he has no empathy. He should as Herman Cains family about Karma.

Great decision. Bye FL!

Why is RonDeSantisFL trying to kill Floridians? Why do you hate your constituents, Ron?

😡

This should be interesting from a safe distance of 1500 miles.

Dang. I never made it to Disney World before the state of Florida died. ☹️

I say when everyone in Florida inevitability dies from COVID we should flip it and sell it to the highest bidder. That way we can pay off some of the debt that realDonaldTrump has piled onto us in his short 3 year term

And that means that lots of people will die of covid-19 thanks to DeathSantis

Again?

He’s really going for that herd mentality

who cares about desantis, fla public can make up their own minds. he’s a chump

This should be a fun shit show to watch

Breaking: California is expected to see an 89% increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations over the next month amid growing signs that the spread of the coronavirus may be intensifying again, state officials announced Friday.

GovRonDeSantis

asmamk This will literally kill people.

That’s a special kind of stupid

Are they really trying to kill people

DeathSantis is ramping up his killing spree once more. 14,000 apparently ain't enough. He wants more death.

So, a real life version of the purge.

And I'll continue to operate at home.

Why are the most unintelligent people still calling the shots?!

asmamk FFS

Voting matters! Choosing the right governor matters! RIPFlorida

Good luck Florida. Nice knowing ya.

asmamk No way I'm going to Florida this winter. You all have fun down there, you know, gasping for air

Getting the 99% back to work to support the lavish lifestyle of the 1%... That’s the undertone, the subtext to the context. Yes indeed.

This guy is Evil....

DeathSantis 👍

Evil Goddamn psychopath

Well that should raise his ratings, or should I say numbers of COVID cases and deaths! Just how ignorant are you Governor?

What an idiot

Good Lord... It will be a long time before I travel to Florida. A very long time.

Why don’t Republicans comprehend their own peeps are trying to kill them? Donald Trump is trying to kill his own base. So quick to bitch about their rights yet hand them over willingly to a madman. He had prior knowledge. High crimes and misdemeanors at the LEAST.

Expect COVID cases to rise in Florida.

Only dude not buying the propaganda! Bravo!!! If you're sick stay home

I'll be staying out of Florida for the foreseeable future! COVID19 DeathSantis

Going all-in for Republican votes. Stay safe, Floridians. Your governor is playing with your lives.

I guess he wants to beat New York State with the total amount of death during this pandemic.

this season is dead

Vote for joe

Science believing Americans: sadface ‘merica Rona 2020: ....ya baby!

👍🏻👍🏻

How did it go last time Mr Governor?

Not worth the risk

bravo

This is why I will never visit Florida

Florida GovRonDeSantis *292 deaths within 2 days *

RIP Florida

Not going to FL anytime soon.

Wouldn't this kill a lot of Cult45's members before Election2020 ? Or they all are planning on voting and dying right away?

ksecus Did RON DESANTIS lift all COVID19 coronavirus restrictions in Florida BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP FLORIDA PROPERTIES ARE GETTING SLAMMED FINANCIALLY & TRUMP IS DESPERATE & STRAPPED? Maybe .EricTrump will be questioned about the books at his court-mandated deposition? DeathSantis

Good for him. Finally someone with common sense.

Wooo! Let's all go get ourselves killed! . I hate this state. At least send out medical supplies to the populace, or give some restrictions to help prevent the spread.

Murderer

WTF.... seriously... What-The-Fuck

You misspelled 'DeathSentence.'

Yes! Less people in Florida. Darwinism at its best.

I want to see footage of Mr. Desantis amidst a crowded bar with no mask. Let him put himself at risk, the way he wants all of us to do.

Welcome back my old friend Covid

CovidRon

Let them die. Dead people cannot vote. Eliminate the ballots of those who died before election day.

YES!!! Thank you Ron!!!

And what could go wrong there...

Dear Florida: I’m sorry money is valued over your lives. I’m not surprised, but I’m still sorry. Sincerely, Someone Else Who Lives in a State Where Only the Economy Matters

Southwest already canceled our local direct to Orlando flight due to low numbers, guess it gonna stay that way. Kiss tourism dollars goodbye Florida.

I have a democrat governor 🙁🙁

But HIS office is still closed to the public.

VotingFraudist and Stupidassmotherfucker w/ ShitforBrains, RonDeSantisFL RonDeSantis continues being the leading cause of coronavirus outbreaks & Covid19 Deaths among Americans in Florida. gop Housegop senategop suicidebombers deadamericans GOPBetrayedAmerica

The most FloridaMan headline of all floridaman headlines

Well on the upside it’s hard to vote from the ICU. America is about freedom and I’m fine with giving Floridians the freedom to take themselves out of the gene pool and voting block simultaneously freedom thatfacediaperactuallycouldhavesavedyourlife

Thank you, Florida. for being the canary in the coal mine.

Blue wave meet second wave.

Good luck with that😳

Democrats in this date should definitely stay in and when they go to vote, suit up! Stay safe! Stay healthy to vote!

Florida man...

Is he trying to earn *nazi of the year* award?. Let the bodies hit the floor is a dance song NOT a way to run a state the nitwit!.

Just in time for the casting a ballot! Perfect, Gov DeSatan !

It's already been proven that GOP policies leads to shorter life span. Florida Gov. DeSantis moves to the head of the class. Cash flow over lives.

sometimes, when I read political decisions like this, I wonder if this virus is turning into a government ordered human cull- ya I know that sounds crazy, but what other plausible reason can you come up with?

You first Typhoid Mary. Ronavirus Ron.

Stupid

Well, that's smart. (!?!?!?!?!)

this is a death sentence on people he'll never face or know

We fucked

TheTomBurkeShow Oh dear.

That’ll work out well.

Florida, you never disappoint 🙄

Don't they currently have the highest death rate?

COVID right now

That seems smart

RIP Florida.

Florida man mentality in effect

I hope you all vote him out as soon as you can! I love Florida and plan to move there in a few years but I can’t do it with him there... nope

Yikes! Stay away from Florida.

Florida is in a Leadership Vacuum! RonDeSantisFL Fla_Pol ProjectLincoln

Governor most like Trump. Blood is on the GOP Governor's hands. Sick monster. GOPCorruptionOverCountry

GOP does not care about people that are alive right now. They only care about unborn. They actually don't care about unborn neither, it is just their talking point to get votes

Good old Floriduh, the state never disappoints.

Good for Florida. I wish the governor of my state would do the same.

GovRonDeSantis is determined to kill his constituents isn’t he? Reason 1,001 to NEVER live in Florida 😳

He failed and is now surrendering- Florida is leading the nation in Covid daily death counts.

DeathSantis strikes again.

Is DeSantis trying to set a new record for cases or for deaths?

Not that anyone noticed, Indiana went to full reopening today.🤦‍♀️

woohoo- super spreading just in time for the election. good planning.

Not going near Florida, and I hope my legislators restrict Floridians from coming to my state. The GOP are now just criminals with titles.

It will be interesting to see which restaurants go back to full capacity and which, if any, will maintain lower capacity and social distancing for the safety of their customers and employees. I’ll stick with takeout only, thank you. Imblueinaredstate

Awful! Just in time for snowbirds. I see numbers increasing.

I genuinely wish the people of Florida all the best. Whatever your affiliation. Where I am in the world opened up in a limited capacity and cases have shot back up in only a few weeks. Same around the world. We are likely headed back to national lockdown.

Kudos, GovRonDeSantis ! Amazing news

Is he heading a Bernie sleeper cell - with a mission to eliminate sTrumpets in FLA?

WOOT WOOT... lead the way to freedom, Florida!!!

Florida has a senior population of over 4 million, 21% of the state. Awful that they get the choice of an even higher risk of death or completely isolating themselves until this is over.

Things should open up a bit, but a free for all is probably not appropriate packed bars, restaurants, and indoor venues, probably not too smart

What is wrong with Florida and it’s leadership?!

So.... The people who believe COVID-19 is serious, will still try and hunker down (i.e. mainly Democrats and sane folk). The people who don't believe it's serious, will likely have more deaths (i.e. Trump cult). The great irony? This is DeSantis culling his voter base.

Good luck Florida.

He loves knowing how much it disproportionately affects Black people, just in time for the election.

You folks in the states can do what you want but us folks in canada want the border closed, even more so now...

Nice knowing ya, Florida!

Hold on folks. It’s gonna be a rough ride.

RonDeSantisFL is a murderer

idiot

While kissing Don the KKKon's Ass........Deathsantis spreading the Virus....killing people.....mini drumph

lol

FloridaForBiden RonDeSantisFL As The Rest of The World Plans for a Second Wave and Have Closed Bars or Restricted Drinking Hours! Canada could Teach you a lesson as Snowbirds are flocking back to Canada and Calling Trump Supporters in Florida Simply STUPID

Another Trump inspired mistake.

Florida can’t wait for rising sea levels to destroy it. They want something more immediate.

Essentially he is abdicating his responsibilities. If things go bad, it is the local governments responsibility, but if it turns out good, he will the first in line (or maybe 2nd, Trump being the 1st) to claim credit.

FL DEMS, VOTE BY MAIL! Vote once. Vote hard.

🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

Which in turn means Corona virus will spread out if control killing thousands.

Two weeks. I give it two weeks.

Ron's going all in.

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This is actually good news, because Republicans are too stupid and ignorant to know that there's a real virus that can kill them. There is enough time that should reduce the amount of Trump voters before the election that the virus kills, I mean DeSantis kills them

One Word/Two Syllables: STUPID

Wonder what he and his family are doing? Think they go out to eat?

I'm not visiting Florida any time soon, if ever

Wait 2 weeks and see the Covid cases spike out of control!🤯 idiot!

RonDeSantisFL bro u crazyyy

I wish he’d get his nose outta tRumps ass.

This is an extraordinary way to test Darwins theory of natural selection. It might happen quite quickly. One percent each time. Maybe the flu clucks clan will become extinct

And now we wait......

Another great Friday afternoon 😡😡

I think this is a terrible decision, but we all have a choice as to whether or not we want to go to the bars & restaurants, & whether or not we want to wear our masks to protect ourselves, our families, our neighbors. Hopefully people will make the right choices.

Bravo!

Bye Florida

Um, really?

Gov DeSantis has Done an Amazing Job. Dem Run States Should Look To Him for Leadership.

There’s a leader to be proud of 😷

Natural selection...

Thank you for giving the finger to those trying to shut the country down over a fucking flu. We empathize- but more people die from tripping on the sidewalk or bee stings than from statistical hogwash meant to inflict fear into society. The agenda is to force vaccination. Period.

Awesome

There goes the virus... back up again.

you misspelled Flori-duh!

If the coronavirus could vote, it would vote GovRonDeSantis . To serve and protect the public is not DeSentis' deal.

Yeah because Florida is all better now. 🤦‍♂️

Oh, you mean Moron DeathSentence?

So the number of cases will spike in October making people fearful of going to the polls, thus suppressing the Florida vote.

Well maybe enough of the dumb ones will die from Covid-19 so they won't get to be stupid and vote for Republicans in the November election.

This should be interesting. deathsantisstrikesagain

Floridians:PLEASE stay away from NC. We do not need you.

this guy really is hellbent on killing off his state's population

Florida never disappoints

Florida, he’s trying to kill you, girl!

Why?

DeSantis is a selfish SOB!

And away we go. Floridians gonna get sick.

There is about to be a bunch of available real estate in Florida. Too bad the state is a cesspool of disease

People will need to die to strengthen the economy there. It's hopeless for those who want to live. That government should be taken down.

Good the whole country should do this who cares anymore

Pro Life ? WTH

Mildly impressed that you just tweeted a straight news story rather than put in your own dark twist on red state actions.

GovRonDeSantis

RIP

DeSantis is an evil monster completely owned by Koch Bros & big Ag. Ppl are going to die from this. Survivors may have lasting health issues. He will help the orange pig steal the election w ballot shenanigans & EC rigging. GOP is the Pro-death party. VoteInPerson

“Florida has long been a COVID-19 hotspot, with nearly 700,000 people infected by the virus since the pandemic began in March. Nearly 14,000 Floridians have died.”

I hope he calls Jay Inslee and gives him some instructions on how to govern a state of Free People

Excellent!! That should kill off another 5,000-10,000 fools in the next few weeks.

Awesome. Best governor in America.

😱😡

I think his tan fried his brain

DeSantis needs to start getting his advice from someone other than Jason Mendoza JacksonvilleRules TheGoodPlace

So, what caused the spikes in the first place?

Oh great. I’m heading back in 3 months. I guess I won’t be going out much.

Lord!

Interesting...

Very, VERY, little in Florida. Heat must rot their brains.

Let the virus spread before the election...great voter suppression technique.

Florida loves the carona

He's been transforming into a blurry eyed, plump little orc. Evil. But not smart evil. Plump little trump orc evil. Orc or no, he needs to be held accountable for the deaths he'll cause and the deaths he's already caused.

DanielMunoz100

Fucking Florida man...

wHeRe dOes rOn DeathSantis go for his apOLOgy?

Getting Covid-19 might impede those Trump voters.

This will go well. I’m sure of it. /sarcasm

There goes FSU, FAMU sports

In all seriousness, they’re killing their voters. What strategy is this?

Can't wait to vote this guy out in 2022. I don't care who his opponent is, they have my vote.

Only the cultists will go, they will increase the numbers and lots more will die

CNN MSNBC That’s how much he love’s Floridians. He is will to let them get sick and die. America hit 7 million sick today and a thousand deaths each day. VoteBidenToEndTheVirus

Murder most foul.

Alright let’s book for Florida! Restaurants, clubs, COVID!

He is so very pro life!

This is very on brand for Florida

Dope

ByeFlorida EnjoyCOVID

Ron is a jerk off. If I lived in Florida I would pack up and get out for good!

Always Florida. Wow. Capitalism and greed know no bounds.

He is trying to kill off as many Democrats and Jewish people as he can befor the election.

Well that is the easy way out!

Wait, this guy is making decisions?

We shouldn't expect to see DeSantis making the rounds of crowded bars and restaurants...like Trump he is willing to expose millions of citizens but not himself or his family to COVID-19

WCGW? Thoughts and prayers. /s

He can eat shit if he wants

Nothing like risking the lives of innocent people to try to score points for the president in a swing state.

Ohio's restaurants can operate at full capacity as well. Given that people are getting sick at bars and restaurants this does not bode well.

Send good vibes and kind thoughts my way, folks. It's about to get really dangerous where I live. DeSantis has set his army of stupid, super spreading MAGATs loose on the population. Send body bags, too. We're going to need them.

We need to restrict all travel to and from Florida. I don't want anyone from Florida traveling to WA, they can stay and enjoy their Covid cesspool.

Const_Overhaul What could possibly go wrong especially with 2,847 new cases today?

It was nice knowing you, Florida.

ITS RATIO TIME

What’s great about Florida is that it’s residents are well known for being rational, civically responsible, and and not at all reactionary. So, this should go smoothly. 🙄

one term governor

De santis is genius man

Then Gov DeSantis should be forced to go sit in a bar every night, and not allowed to leave until closing time. If it's safe for him, then it's safe for us.

Sound advice. I mean, what could go wrong. I'm 100% sure that this is the right move. Ok... 80% 70-80. A solid 55%. Definitely! 30-40% is a good number! Ah, fuck it, it's Florida! We're screwed...

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