{"id":1183896,"date":"2022-01-03T15:04:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T20:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1183896"},"modified":"2022-01-03T15:31:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T20:31:40","slug":"id-be-a-pretty-doggone-wealthy-man-desantis-responds-to-lockdown-politicians-lockdown-politicians-who-flee-to-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/id-be-a-pretty-doggone-wealthy-man-desantis-responds-to-lockdown-politicians-lockdown-politicians-who-flee-to-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019d Be A Pretty Doggone Wealthy Man\u2019: DeSantis Responds To \u2018Lockdown\u2019 Politicians \u2018Lockdown\u2019 Politicians Who \u2018Flee\u2019 To Florida"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fid-be-a-pretty-doggone-wealthy-man-desantis-responds-to-lockdown-politicians-lockdown-politicians-who-flee-to-florida%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=1183896&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--><div><\/div>\n<p>Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized \u201clockdown\u201d politicians spending time in Florida to flee their own COVID-19 policies at a Monday press conference.<\/p>\n<p>A reporter asked DeSantis about the recent spotting of Democratic New York Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/31\/ocasio-cortez-new-york-lockdown-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>\u00a0in Miami Beach during her state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/coronavirus\/times-square-nye-is-on-mayor-says-as-nyc-reports-highest-single-day-case-total-yet\/3472744\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">record-high surge<\/a> in COVID-19 cases. DeSantis held the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winknews.com\/2022\/01\/03\/gov-desantis-holds-press-conference-in-fort-lauderdale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conference<\/a> at the Broward Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale to promote monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-positive patients and urge the federal government to allow states to purchase the drugs directly from manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I had a dollar for every lockdown politician who decided to escape to Florida over the last two years I\u2019d be a pretty doggone wealthy man, let me tell you. I mean, congress people, mayors, governors, you name it,\u201d DeSantis said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s interesting, though, the reception that some of these folks will get in Florida because I think a lot of Floridians say \u2018Wait a minute you\u2019re bashing us because we\u2019re not doing your draconian policies, yet we\u2019re the first place you want to flee to basically be able to enjoy life.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZzzZ2PUitvg\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Florida governor estimated that \u201ca half-a-dozen\u201d governors placing COVID restrictions in their states were spotted in Florida. He expressed his gratitude that his state is a place for people to come to in order for their freedoms to be protected and \u201chave a state worth living in.\u201d \u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/13\/gavin-newsom-bill-de-blasio-lori-lightfoot-muriel-bowser-nancy-pelosi-lockdown-covid-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Here\u2019s A Running List Of How Well Our Leaders Follow Their Own Coronavirus Restriction Rules)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy that Florida\u2019s a place where people know they can come and they can live like normal people and make their own decisions \u2026 people know they can come, they can go get a beer, they\u2019re not gonna have to show papers, they\u2019re not gonna have to do anything,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at July 2020 to July 2021, we led the country in where people were wanting to come to and I think that\u2019s a result of protecting people\u2019s freedoms and making sure that we had a state worth living in,\u201d the governor said.<\/p>\n<p>He criticized White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci for \u201csingling out\u201d restaurants in reference to his Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/02\/anthony-fauci-fully-vaccinated-indoor-dining\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recommendation<\/a> that fully vaccinated individuals steer clear of indoor dining amid the surge of Omicron variant cases.<\/p>\n<p>The governor also called several states\u2019 implantations of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/05\/osha-vaccine-mandate-fine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vaccine passports<\/a> \u201ca failure\u201d in preventing the spread of the virus and said they \u201cdiscriminate\u201d against those choosing not to receive the vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow big of a failure have vaccine passports been? If vaccine passports succeeded, you would not see a lot of the stuff that you\u2019re seeing in a lot of states that implemented them,\u201d DeSantis continued. \u201cAll they served to do was discriminate against people based on an individual choice, created a two-tiered society and they are moving to update that to say in some parts that you need a third shot to be able to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In April, Florida permanently <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/29\/florida-bill-outlaws-vaccine-passports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">banned<\/a> vaccine passports after the state House of Representatives approved SB 2006 with a 76-40 vote. DeSantis issued an executive order to ban all forms of vaccine documentation earlier that month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Florida Gov. 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