The latest GOP anti-mask lunacy is stirring a backlash. New polling reveals it.

[Zorro]

The other day, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis likened mask and other health mandates to “medical authoritarianism.” The Republican added that we may be witnessing “the most significant threat to freedom in my lifetime, certainly since the fall of the Berlin Wall.”

Because DeSantis was speaking in the hermetically sealed-off information universe of Fox News, such drivel was certain to elicit approval. But outside of that universe — with DeSantis and Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott actively thwarting local officials from protecting their constituents with mask mandates — a backlash to these antics may be brewing.

A new Axios-Ipsos poll probes public sentiments on this in a novel way. It asks respondents about state laws that prohibit local officials from creating mask requirements. Both DeSantis and Abbott have sought to do this, albeit by executive order.

The result: 66 percent of Americans oppose such state laws, and only 33 percent support them. What’s more, the poll also finds that a whopping 77 percent oppose efforts to withhold funding from school districts and local governments that implement mask mandates.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/17/latest-gop-anti-mask-lunacy-is-stirring-backlash-new-polling-reveals-it/

[BootinUp]

1. In Floriduh it's probably 49.97 to 50.03. Nt

[Skittles]

2. efforts to kill kids brings attetion to them

they are fucking psycho

[SheltieLover]

7. This!👆

[WhomDULove]

3. History lesson

DeSantis needs remedial history course
“the most significant threat to freedom in my lifetime, certainly since the fall of the Berlin Wall.”
To the contrary, the fall of the Berlin wall was one of the most significant moments in the history of the 20th century.
That DeSantis sees it as “the most significant threat to freedom in my lifetime" means he's either mentally defective or just a lousy student.

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4. I noticed that, what an odd statement n/t

[uppityperson]

5. Howdy

[k0rs]

6. Idiotic statement

That jumped out at me too. Perhaps a Freudian insight into what really threatens Repugs. Actual freedom breaking out is a scary thing.

[Skittles]

8. hey WhomDULove

LOVE your name....welcome to DU! And DeSantis is fucking moron!