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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,863 posts)
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 03:05 PM Nov 2020

Desantis accused of 'killing spree' after extending ban on cities from imposing own mask mandate

Florida governor Ron DeSantis has been accused of overseeing a “killing spree”, after he extended a ban on cities in the state imposing their own mask mandates.

On Wednesday, Mr DeSantis extended an executive order issued in September, which prevented local governments from fining residents who refused to wear face masks, or from closing restaurants not complying with coronavirus measures.

The decision on 25 September prompted the start of the state’s third phase of pandemic measures, which allowed restaurants and bars to open at 100 per cent capacity.

Florida Democratic officials criticised the governor for the extension of the executive order on Wednesday, amid a spike in cases in the state.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-governor-ron-desantis-accused-180518736.html

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Desantis accused of 'killing spree' after extending ban on cities from imposing own mask mandate (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 OP
All Faux pas Nov 2020 #1
The ones that need this government mandate the most are the morons who vote OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2020 #2
So the "states rights"/decentralization/ moondust Nov 2020 #3
Stops at that national level too. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 #4
Governor DeathSentence.... Pachamama Nov 2020 #5

OAITW r.2.0

(24,398 posts)
2. The ones that need this government mandate the most are the morons who vote
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 03:12 PM
Nov 2020

for Republicans and love their freedumb.

moondust

(19,971 posts)
3. So the "states rights"/decentralization/
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 03:44 PM
Nov 2020

/local control that Republicans (in former slave states) have been pushing for decades stops at the state level. No local control for you because I'm the boss now!

I think some Republican governors have pulled this same stunt when cities and counties in their states have tried to independently increase their minimum wage and the governor overruled them and stopped it.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,863 posts)
4. Stops at that national level too.
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 03:48 PM
Nov 2020

Note Trump's attempt to overturn California's emissions standards.

States' rights means the right to discriminate by race and nothing more.

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