DeSantis Didn’t Win the Pandemic, After All How the Florida governor took a premature victory lap—and how traditional media helped him. https://washingtonmonthly.com/2021/07/17/desantis-didnt-win-the-pandemic-after-all/
Once again DeSantis gets his a$$ handed to him in a court ruling. To be fair, it was pretty clear to every reasonable person that the appeals court was going to quickly overrule the earlier CDC decision of DeSantis' handpicked judge & venue. US Court of Appeals votes to stay judge's decision ruling that CDC cannot enforce COVID cruise ship rules after July 18 The CDC win came after the state of Florida had sued the agency Florida claimed CDC restrictions on the cruise industry during the pandemic effectively blocked most cruises - harming the state's livelihood Earlier this month, the CDC asked a federal appeals court to U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday's June 18 ruling on hold The Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has not yet issued its opinions, but noted that one judge dissented in granting the stay https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-enforce-COVID-cruise-ship-rules-July-18.html A federal court voted to stay a judge's decision ruling that Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cannot enforce COVID-19 cruise ship rules after July 18. The CDC win came after the state of Florida had sued the agency claiming that its restrictions on the cruise industry during the pandemic effectively blocked most cruises - harming the state's livelihood. Earlier this month, the CDC asked a federal appeals court to U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday's June 18 ruling on hold after he ruled in favor of Florida. The Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has not yet issued its opinions, but noted that one judge dissented in granting the stay. The CDC first flatly halted cruise ships from sailing in March 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic, which had affected passengers and crew on numerous ships. Then the CDC imposed a four-phase conditional framework on October 30 that it said would allow the industry to gradually resume operations if certain thresholds were met. Judge Merryday wrote in a 124-page decision last month that Florida would be harmed if the CDC order, which the state said effectively blocked most cruises, were to continue. The Tampa-based judge granted a preliminary injunction that prevented the CDC from enforcing the order pending further legal action on a broader Florida lawsuit. 'This order finds that Florida is highly likely to prevail on the merits of the claim that CDC's conditional sailing order and the implementing orders exceed the authority delegated to the CDC,' Merryday wrote. Merryday's decision had meant the CDC could not enforce those rules for Florida-based ships and that they would merely be considered nonbinding recommendations or guidelines. However, Merryday had delayed the effect of his order until July 18. Merryday also ordered both sides to return to mediation to attempt to work out a full solution - a previous attempt failed - and said the CDC could fashion a modification in which it would retain some public health authority. This would be similar to CDC guidelines for the reopening of other industries such as airlines, casinos, hotels, sports venues and subways, Merryday wrote. Otherwise, the cruise industry would face a daunting task to restart operations. 'Florida persuasively claims that the conditional sailing order will shut down most cruises through the summer and perhaps much longer,' the judge wrote. He added that Florida 'faces an increasingly threatening and imminent prospect that the cruise industry will depart the state.' Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a statement after the ruling that framework imposed onerous bureaucratic requirements on the industry. He condemned such requirements including a 'vaccine passport' for passengers and that cruise ships conduct a simulated voyage before embarking passengers. 'The CDC has been wrong all along, and they knew it,' DeSantis said. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody praised the decision in a statement at the time of Merryday's ruling. 'Today's ruling is a victory for the hardworking Floridians whose livelihoods depend on the cruise industry,' said Moody, a Republican. 'The federal government does not, nor should it ever, have the authority to single out and lock down an entire industry indefinitely.' Cruise lines such as Royal Caribbean have been gearing up to return to sailing under the CDC's four-part framework. Meanwhile, however, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings - one of the world's largest cruise operators - is suing the state of Florida in a bed to end its ban on vaccine passports - claiming that they help the company sail 'safely and soundly.' The company claims the ban violates federal law and contradicts rules set out by the CDC, USA Today reported. 'The health and safety of cruise passengers, crew and the communities we visit remains the top priority for CLIA cruise line members,' said Laziza Lambert, spokeswoman for the trade group Cruise Lines International Association. 'Cruise ships are well on their way to offering the traveling public a high level of COVID-19 mitigation.'
'Death by DeSantis': Congresswoman attacks governor for making a mockery of Floridians dying in hospitals One out of five Americans with COVID-19 are from Florida, according to shocking information revealed this week. The state is one of the worst in the country after the Republican governor celebrated that he was eliminating all precautions employed by other states. The numbers tracked by the New York Times revealed that Florida is the worst state, followed by regional outbreaks like northern Arkansas and southern Missouri, both of which are experiencing enormous increases in disease spread. "I think we have a governor who has not taken covid seriously from the beginning," said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. "He has campaign merchandise on his website saying 'Don't Fauci my Florida.' And we've had nearly 40,000 Floridians die of COVID. We have, we are contributing 20 percent of the COVID diagnosis in the country right now and we're on the rise. And look, I would rather see us Fauci our Florida than have people go through death by DeSantis. That's what we're facing now. He actually had a law pass in Florida to prohibit local governments from being able to enact measures like mask requirements and social distancing to keep people safe. You can't make this up! That's where the blame lies. At his feet."
DeSantis for the WIN: Calls Out Biden’s Contradictory Cuban Asylum Policy https://trendingpolitics.com/desant...out-bidens-contradictory-cuban-asylum-policy/ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lashed out at the Biden administration on Saturday for warning Cubans not to make the 90-odd mile trip across the Atlantic to claim asylum in the U.S. while allowing other migrants to illegally cross into the U.S. along the southwestern border. “They have a hundred times stronger case for political persecution leaving a communist dictatorship than the other migrants who are coming across the border who are basically coming across the border because they want more economic opportunities,” DeSantis, a Republican, told Fox News’ “Watters World.”
If the Federal government can ignore or selectively enforce federal law then maybe the State of Florida can just raise the middle finger to the Usurper and simply admit Cuban refuges into Florida under a state program that assists them to settle and apply for refugee status. I mean, either Federal law means something or it does not. I say it means nothing at this point.
"DeSantis for the win" - Great job, Ron - Florida is again #1 in COVID. Other states don't even come close to this level of of cases or complete fiasco. #Don'tDeathSantisMyCountry Florida leads U.S. in COVID cases amid Delta-driven surge https://www.axios.com/florida-covid-cases-delta-variant-9a782fe3-db5e-4eca-b325-de11df4ad603.html Florida now leads the nation in coronavirus cases, with its biggest spike since last summer, the Tampa Bay Times reports. Driving the surge: Hospitalizations and deaths are rising among the unvaccinated, while the small number of infected but vaccinated people are not getting seriously ill. The big picture: Infections nationwide have tripled over the past three weeks, with about one in five new cases coming from Florida. Statewide, new cases nearly doubled in the past week. In Polk County, cases more than doubled from last week and hospitalizations doubled since 4th of July weekend, per the Lakeland Ledger. Point of intrigue: Most of Florida's new cases are driven by the more infectious Delta variant, epidemiologist Dr. Vincent Hsu told WFLA. Dr. David Dowdy with Johns Hopkins Hospitals drove home to. the outlet that vaccines are still effective against the Delta variant. The bottom line: This is all proof the vaccines work.
DeSantis owning the Libs! https://www.clickorlando.com/news/l...e-to-icu-capacity-as-covid-19-cases-increase/