¡Pero por supuesto!
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had to know that his stance against mask mandates in public schools — and his threat to defund schools and take away the salaries of school officials who defy him — would become campaign fodder for the 2022 election. He didn’t have to wait long.
Congressman and former Gov. Charlie Crist, who has challenged DeSantis, released an ad Tuesday to challenge the governor’s politically-motivated and irresponsible mask hysteria.
Know more: Ron DeSantis fails children with political posturing on COVID-19 safety
Titled “It’s About Kids,” the ad starts with a stream of news audio and headlines about the crisis in Florida, where three Broward teachers died from COVID-19 just last week.
“Florida leads the nation in new COVID cases, hospitalizations and deaths,” Crist says in the 30-second spot. “And now Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to defund the schools where they’re asking kids to wear a mask?
“That’s not what we need. We need common sense and we need to do things right.”
The ad airs just as students get back to school and media markets targeted include Broward and Alachua counties, where the school districts have gone against the guv’s executive order against mask mandates.
On Wednesday, the Miami-Dade School Board will consider it’s own policy and it is expected — despite School Board Member Lubby Navarro‘s public falling in line behind DeSantis — to place some kind of mask requirement for teachers and students, particularly those under 12 who cannot be vaccinated, for when school returns next week.
Know more: School Board’s Lubby Navarro gets spanked on Twitter for anti-mask post
Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho says he is leaning toward a mask mandate, which was recommended by a panel of medical experts on Monday.
“Governor DeSantis continues to recklessly threaten Florida’s comeback from the coronavirus by banning commonsense safety measures that let kids and teachers go to school safely,” Crist said in a statement. “We have all the tools we need to keep schools and our economy open, but DeSantis is risking everything on his foolish, partisan agenda.
“More and more Floridians are calling on DeSantis to just get out of our way, and let us protect our kids and our economy — and I stand with Floridians.”
Charlie Crist seizes on epic school mask failure issue vs Ron DeSantis in new ad added by Ladra on
View all posts by Ladra →
Crist’s assertion that Florida leads the nation in new COVID cases, hospitalizations and deaths becomes factually inaccurate if you factor in the numbers per capita. Why haven’t any of the pro masks on children commenters pasted the link to the peer reviewed medical study stating that masks work in preventing the spread of Covid? Because there is none!
The Truth is obviously neutron deficient if he does not see the link between parental rights and need to use a car seat nor leaving kid/dog in a hot car.
Your parental rights have always been determined by the village/society you live in.
Thus, if the majority believe masks are necessary for school children, your rights as a parent are limited to home schooling!! Same will happen when vaccination is mandated for all school children -coming soon we hope!!
“Truth” yes there’s a lot of Panic Porn out there (a favorite of Cuomo Sexuals) But NO the FLU is NOT deadlier than COVID. Even if numbers are being fudged COVID beats the FLU hands down (especially in 65 Plus and immune system compromised crowd), simply because it is new and Immune systems don’t recognize it. That is changing both due to Vaccination and Natural Infections. Hopefully COVID soon will have similar hospitalization and death rates (or less) than the FLU.
Use common sense and if you haven’t gotten a vaccine or been infected strongly consider getting the vaccine, especially if your over 65 or have Diabetes, High Blood Pressure etc etc.
The Tenth Circle of Hell Awaits!
SAM G and JAG must be related. No lies on my end. Obviously scare tactics on yours. You examples are completely irrelevant and idiotic. How a car seat and leaving a child or dog with the windows up even analogous to COVID? Do we wear mask to prevent the flu from spreading? No. Do more people die from the flu each year? Yes.
That is the point. That is the Truth! The Truth don’t lie!
I am re-writing Inferno, the 9th Circle of Hell will now be inhabited solely by Charlie Crist or maybe I’ll just create a tenth circle for him.
Not a fan of Ron but it is curious how he has been nicknamed DeathSantis by many self professed (now recovering) Cuomo Sexuals yet NY has 54K Deaths an Florida about 41K even though Florida has a slightly larger (and older) population than NY.
Perhaps I’ll throw all partisans (both sides) with Crist into the new 10th Circle of Hell.
Dear “Thank God for DeSantis”:
Your cogent, succinct and compelling argument aside, please share your legal authority for your statement that “government has zero business forcing or mandating health procedures to [sic.] anybody.” I am curious to know of it and how you reconcile it with the United States Supreme Court’s opinion in Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905), which held states may mandate vaccinations.
Very truly yours,
Hercules Mulligan
The current governor has staked out the political Mount Trashmore on which he wishes to die. I accept his bullheaded determination. But I do feel badly for all of those who have and will suffer because of it.
No mask!
Trust the science?
the same science who said a baby in the mother’s belly is not a human?
the same science who said that there are more that two genders?
The same science who said if you get vaccinated you will not wear a mask?
the same science who said mask don’t work?
the same science who said wear two mask?
the same science who said ‘flatten the curve”
no joooodaaa!
te ganate un 100 palomo!
I am in, all the way in with Charlie Christ.
Political kite surfer Charlie could care less about masks. His covid response strategy is internal polling and where to put his wedge.
But leave it to the left, shilling their anybody-but-the-republican campaign since it’s always worked out so well for them.
By the way, were is that nice rocket scientist they ran against Ron last time? Since Ron’s proven to be such an epic fail, maybe give that guy another look?
Navy commander vs a crackhead, the rematch?
The same parents who think it is their right to determine if their children get vaccinated or wear mask in an indoor setting, should be brave enough to:
1.Take your kids for a ride in the car with no car seat and make sure a policeman sees them;
2. Park your car in front of a police station on a very hot day and leave your kid & dog in the car with windows closed.
For # 1 you will get a fine and possibly a misdemeanor and for # 2 tyou may go to jail for murder!!
So go ahead, you politicized idiots whose parental rights are being confused with a cult following, exercise all of your parental rights instead of vaccinating your children over 12 and making sure any child under 12 wears a mask when going to an indoor activity!!
Thank God we have De Santis as our governor. People have a right to make their own health care decisions for themselves and their children, and government has zero business forcing or mandating health procedures to anybody.
The truth is full of political lies and lack of science. Facts are kids are being infected with covid and masks are a deterrent as proven in other countries. DeSantis is the posturing political pig.
Sleazy Gubernatorial Candidate Charlie Crist accepted dark money from Grow United, which is an organization embroiled in election fraud. This guy is political garbage. He has run for just about every political office. This guy was Republican, but abandoned the party after the Republican Party would not back him up for the U.S. Senate seat because he was currently governor of the State of Florida in 2010. He continued to run for the U.S. Senate seat as an Independent. He lost. Then changed parties.
He is known as Mr. Irrelevant.
Another Democrat that can’t be trusted. However, he should be wearing a mask to prevent diarrhea gushing from his mouth!
Who the hell cares what Charlie Christ has to say? He is a political pig who historically have changed politically parties for his own convenience. So defunding the school to mandate for parents to have a choice is a disgrace, but defunding the police is not.
This is an obvious example how the Democrats have politicized COVID and facial masking to scare people and take their right to choose.
Patria y Vida for America!
Fire Alberto Carvalho!!!!