Ron DeSantis calls Norwegian a small, expendable cruise line. Looks like the idiot is going completely to war with the cruise lines in his plan to wreck Florida's economy. DeSantis disses Norwegian Cruise Line over threat to leave Florida https://www.sun-sentinel.com/busine...0210513-kf2vlic3bbdizkc3p6wnsddk2y-story.html One week after Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings threatened to deploy its ships outside Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis dubbed the company as a smaller operator that could easily be replaced. Speaking at a bill signing ceremony in Ormond Beach, the governor made the remark in response to a question about whether he’d consider rolling back his order that prohibits businesses in Florida from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccinations from customers and employees. Last week, Norwegian CEO Frank Del Rio threatened to move the company’s ships outside Florida if his company is forbidden from obtaining vaccine verifications. “This is an example of a kind of fake narrative,” DeSantis said Wednesday. “The major cruise lines — and Norwegian is not one of the bigger ones, by the way — have been operating in other parts of the world where there is no access to vaccines … and in areas where the COVID is more prevalent than in the United States right now. I can tell you cruise lines are ready and willing and able to sail from the state of Florida. We are the No. 1 destination for people who want to come and take cruises.” Norwegian, which owns three cruise lines, is the industry’s third-largest operator worldwide behind Carnival Corp. and Royal Caribbean Group. All are based in Miami-Dade County. A Norwegian spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. All of the cruise companies are trying to resume operations under the direction of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after more than a yearlong suspension caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. RELATED: Cruising could resume from U.S. ports in mid-July — if passengers are vaccinated » But DeSantis argues that the federal agency is not moving fast enough and the state has sued to stop the agency’s role in a federal court in Tampa. On Tuesday, a judge heard arguments from Justice Department lawyers who asserted that the state has no authority to dictate how the CDC orchestrates the cruise lines’ return to service. Lawyers from the state Attorney General’s Office said the CDC has exceeded its authority and should be ordered to allow the companies to start sailing from Florida’s ports, including PortMiami, Broward County’s Port Everglades, Port Canaveral and the Port of Tampa. The CDC says it will allow the ships to operate, but only if nearly 100% of their passengers and crew are shown to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. RELATED: Feds say Florida can't force cruises to restart during pandemic » But vaccination levels are hard to prove without verifications that are now prohibited by executive order in Florida and a new state law that takes effect on July 1. DeSantis made it clear Wednesday the state will not budge from the ban. “Our state policy is our state policy,” he said. “But I can tell you this. If one of the smaller ones says they somehow don’t want [to sail] — that niche will get filled in Florida.” The governor added that he received reports that the state’s arguments were “well-received” by the federal judge in Tampa, who has yet to rule on the state’s bid to sideline the CDC. UPDATED: Check the restart dates for major cruise lines » “We had a great hearing. We think we got our points across,” he said. “We think the judge was receptive. We’ll see what happens.” “We are challenging the CDC’s authority to do what they’re doing,” Desantis added. “They mothballed the industry for over a year. That was never the intent of anything Congress has ever enacted. That was them exceeding their authority. “Now they say you can only sail if you have 98% of the passengers that are vaccinated, and ‘oh, by the way, if you’re sunbathing you have to make sure they’re wearing a mask.’ Are you kidding me? That is an absolute farce.”
Yeah he turned irrational at some point early last year. A tightly wrapped little ball of phobias, fears and hatred. Quite an odd duck. Jones was basically your archetypal nightmare employee. Locking the state out of its own website like a boss and supplying her own interpretation of the data. Epic.
that is charitable... the damage he and his types have done to the country as good little drones parroting the fascist dictates of state governors and the media / cornies who own them may be irreparable. Govt learned things about controlling the populace through fear which would never have happened if the WW2 and Korean war vets generation were still around in size.
You are shoveling bullshiat. She never locked anyone out of the state's website. Nor did she supply her own interpretation of the data. She only protested the removal of data that the state previously had on the website. But DeSantis wanted the data removed because it conflicted with the false information he gave at a press conference. Due to her refusal to remove the data -- she was both fired and smeared. She put together a COVID GIS website for the state of Florida that won applause from the Trump administration. The private COVID GIS website for Florida she created after she left her job has much more data than the Florida website and achieved significant approval from scientists and the media.
prove that... How the hell would you know what is true... Were you there? Do you know if the allegation that she locked out her boss / admin is true?
Gulf Vets too. Lots of folks in the US who saw multiple combat tours not all that long ago. I had to drive down to Palm Beach yesterday and realized that I was the only one with a mask on in the marine depot and at North Sails. I took the thing off and slid it into my pocket. I think we are mostly past mask wearing. I'll probably keep one in my car in case I run into GWB. Can't have the masses flipping out can we? Lord knows I don't want to be the cause of a psychotic episode.
you are right about gulf vets. Living in San Diego with roommates in the military at the time... I knew (went out drinking or surfed in Pacific beach sometimes) with at least 20 guys who fought there.
It shits on his narrative. Anything that does that is immediately attacked with shrieking, capital letters and a doubling down on the lie.