{"id":114074,"date":"2021-01-29T14:25:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T19:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=114074"},"modified":"2021-01-31T11:04:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T16:04:16","slug":"im-most-proud-of-getting-our-kids-back-at-school-floridas-desantis-on-which-policy-mattered-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-most-proud-of-getting-our-kids-back-at-school-floridas-desantis-on-which-policy-mattered-most\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m Most Proud Of Getting Our Kids Back At School\u2019: Florida\u2019s DeSantis On Which Policy Mattered Most"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fim-most-proud-of-getting-our-kids-back-at-school-floridas-desantis-on-which-policy-mattered-most%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=114074&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis, who defied the spate of harsh lockdowns implemented across the nation by Democratic governors, endured mass criticism from the mainstream media, and saw his state become the haven for thousands of expatriates fleeing those same Democrat-run states, said that the policy he\u2019s proudest of during his tenure during the COVID-19 pandemic was his decision to keep schools open so children were not damaged by severe lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/the-future-is-florida\">The Washington Examiner<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>I\u2019m most proud of getting our kids back at school. We knew the data; we knew it was low-risk. We felt we had to hold the line on this. We knew it was the case six to eight months ago. We were able to save the upbringing of hundreds of thousands of kids. They say you have to lock down, but states where kids are locked down, where kids aren\u2019t in school, not playing sports, businesses are closed, have higher case numbers than we do.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the media\u2019s obsession with ripping DeSantis and Florida, the proof comes from where people migrate. And people wanting a better quality of life have good reason to choose Florida, as the Examiner\u2019s Karol Markowicz notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The digital calendar website Burbio\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/cai.burbio.com\/countyoverview\/\">keeps tabs<\/a><\/u>\u00a0on \u201cin-person community events held by libraries, governments, arts and recreation, chambers of commerce, and civic and volunteer groups\u201d and tabulates a \u201ccommunity activity index,\u201d with scores on a scale of 1-100. Florida consistently has a high score throughout the state. Miami is a 60. Manhattan and Los Angeles are both 20.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In December, DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-defends-restaurants-bars\/\">told Florida restaurant owners<\/a>, \u201cWe just want to send a message: Some may want to shut you down; we want to pull you up. We\u2019ve got your back. \u2026 If you\u2019re somebody who\u2019s a waitress or a cook or you\u2019re a family-owned business, you\u2019re an important part of our state. You\u2019re working folks, who are working hard to make a living; you have every right to do that. You can take it to the bank in the state of Florida; you\u2019re going to have that right defended by the governor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis told the Examiner: \u201cThere will be no state income tax as long as I\u2019m here. We have a lean budget that provides good services. The infrastructure is better in Florida. We have a better approach to government that contributes to a better quality of life. Businesses appreciate that. People appreciate that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis has stated, \u201cWe will categorically not allow any local government to lock people down. We will not let any local government kick anybody out of their job. We will not let any local government fine individual Floridians. We will not let any local government shut down schools. And we\u2019re not going to let any local governments do those things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople in the corporate national media try to portray Florida as doing poorly with COVID, but the figures show the public doesn&#8217;t buy that. People have been voting with their feet. Twenty-five states have a higher COVID mortality average. In the pandemic as a whole, we\u2019re 30th in cases,\u201d DeSantis stated.<\/p>\n<p>Markowicz recalls: \u201cNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s adviser Rich Azzopardi ridiculously speculated that Florida\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichAzzopardi\/status\/1346824427816759297\">was hiding<\/a><\/u>\u00a0its real statistics. When a former head of the New York state Democratic Party embarrassed the Cuomo administration by flying to Florida to get his coronavirus vaccine, Cuomo spokesman Jack Sterne\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/01\/17\/former-nys-dem-party-head-gets-vaccinated-in-florida\/\">responded<\/a><\/u>, \u2018Anyone holding Florida up as a good example of anything during this pandemic needs to have their head examined.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For a thread on how the media savaged DeSantis while lauding New York Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/thread-heres-how-the-media-ripped-desantis-while-praising-cuomo-on-covid-response\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Markowicz pointed out that Florida\u2019s December 2020 unemployment rate, 6.1%, was lower than the national average of 6.7%, while New York state (8.2%) and New York City (11.4%) remained above it. \u201cAnd these numbers don\u2019t include Cuomo\u2019s late-December arbitrary shutdown of indoor dining in New York City. The same month, California was at 8.8% and Texas was at 7.2%,\u201d Markowicz added.<\/p>\n<p>Markowicz opines, \u201cAs a New Yorker, it always felt like the center of gravity was in Manhattan. But with shuttered businesses, no arts, and dysfunctional leadership, that center of gravity is shifting to Florida in a very obvious way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis, who defied the spate of harsh lockdowns implemented across the nation by Democratic governors, endured mass criticism from the mainstream media, and saw his state &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892277,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3702,4246,4247,4244,3876,3924],"class_list":["post-114074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-back","tag-getting","tag-kids","tag-most","tag-proud","tag-school"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}