{"id":1350326,"date":"2022-02-28T18:38:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T23:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1350326"},"modified":"2022-02-28T18:38:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T23:38:26","slug":"democrat-charlie-crist-suddenly-decides-it-is-time-to-move-past-the-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-charlie-crist-suddenly-decides-it-is-time-to-move-past-the-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Charlie Crist Suddenly Decides It Is Time to &#039;Move Past&#039; the Coronavirus"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fdemocrat-charlie-crist-suddenly-decides-it-is-time-to-move-past-the-coronavirus%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=1350326&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Florida-Gubernatorial-Candidate-Crist-Promotes-Biden-Infrastructure-Bill-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL), who is vying to challenge Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in this year\u2019s gubernatorial race in the Sunshine State, has suddenly decided that it is time to \u201cmove past\u201d the Chinese coronavirus, over one year after DeSantis has already done so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time to responsibly move past COVID,\u201d the Democrat and former Florida governor said, noting that\u00a0omicron is \u201cfading\u201d and vaccines are \u201cplentiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>With that, Crist said, \u201cwe should be able to turn the page on this crisis for good. We may never eliminate COVID, but like the flu, we can live with it without a major disruption to our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got here because while some of our leaders played partisan politics, others got to work \u2014 and together, we all did our part. We need to keep promoting vaccines and boosters to the millions of Floridians who still haven\u2019t gotten the shot,\u201d he continued, overtly ignoring the work DeSantis has done in the state over the past two years, prioritizing liberty and promoting economic freedom while blue states continued to enforce mass masking and promote vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there\u2019s still a lot of work to do to strengthen our economy and our state. We have to help our children make up for the learning loss,\u201d he said, failing to mention that DeSantis was among the first to reopen schools while adamantly fighting against forced masking of children in those settings.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe have to fix the supply chain issues. We have to help workers get off the sidelines, by getting them reliable child care and sick leave,\u201d he continued, again refusing to acknowledge that DeSantis led Florida in helping alleviate the supply chain crisis in the country by increasing the capacity of Florida\u2019s ports.<\/p>\n<p>Ignoring all of these facts, Crist inexplicably concluded that\u00a0DeSantis \u201cisn\u2019t up to the job,\u201d calling him a \u201cdisaster\u201d and complaining that the Republican governor opposed Biden\u2019s America Rescue Plan, which drastically worsened inflation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of championing life-saving vaccines, he catered to anti-vaccine and anti-mask conspiracy theorists,\u201d Crist claimed, touting the false narrative \u00a0\u2014 a favorite of the leftists, who routinely ignore that DeSantis prioritized vaccines for the most vulnerable but made it clear that he would respect the personal freedom of Floridians, recognizing their right to make the choice if they want the jab nor not. His lie is stunningly similar to the false narrative promoted by White House press secretary Jen Psaki, who in January <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/07\/fact-check-psaki-lies-about-desantis-coronavirus-vaccinations\/\">attacked<\/a> the governor for prioritizing personal freedom throughout the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cGovernor DeSantis turned our schools into yet another political battleground, picking fights with school boards and teachers who are just trying to keep our kids safe. His presidential ambitions have resulted in school closures and disruptions all across our beautiful state,\u201d Crist continued, essentially complaining about DeSantis championing parental rights and asserting that they should make decisions about their children\u2019s education and health \u2014 not a faceless bureaucrat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m running so you\u2019ll be in charge again, so you will have a governor who will work for the people\u2026 to rebuild this economy\u2026 to rebuild our schools\u2026 and to unite us again. It\u2019s time to put political division behind us, and unify our state around our shared values,\u201d Crist added:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">But the good news is that with Omicron fading, vaccines plentiful, and new drugs to treat the virus, we should be able to turn the page on this crisis for good. <\/p>\n<p>We may never eliminate COVID, but like the flu, we can live with it without a major disruption to our lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlie Crist (@CharlieCrist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CharlieCrist\/status\/1498345287974281217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">But there&#8217;s still a lot of work to do to strengthen our economy and our state. <\/p>\n<p>We have to help our children make up for the learning loss. We have to fix the supply chain issues. We have to help workers get off the sidelines, by getting them reliable child care and sick leave.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlie Crist (@CharlieCrist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CharlieCrist\/status\/1498345291552104454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DeSantis opposed the American Rescue Plan that saved our economy from the kind of crash we experienced during the Great Recession. <\/p>\n<p>Instead of championing life-saving vaccines, he catered to anti-vaccine and anti-mask conspiracy theorists.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlie Crist (@CharlieCrist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CharlieCrist\/status\/1498345294551044107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m running so you&#8217;ll be in charge again, so you will have a governor who will work for the people\u2026 to rebuild this economy\u2026 to rebuild our schools\u2026 and to unite us again.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to put political division behind us, and unify our state around our shared values.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlie Crist (@CharlieCrist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CharlieCrist\/status\/1498345298099384321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Crist\u2019s sudden shift in tone, calling to move past the coronavirus, coincides with other blue state leaders making similar calls, likely due to consistent polling showing souring opinions on the left\u2019s handling of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Adding to this theory is the fact that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), days before President Biden\u2019s State of the Union address, also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/25\/cdc-announces-indoor-masking-no-longer-required-just-before-bidens-sotu\/\">experienced<\/a> a sudden change of heart, concluding that indoor masking should not be required in most parts of the country. What is more, the U.S. House of Representatives suddenly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/28\/u-s-capitol-ditches-masks-ahead-of-bidens-state-of-the-union-address\/\">opted<\/a> to drop its mask requirement, which has been in place for months, prior to Biden\u2019s SOTU address.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis, who consistently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/24\/poll-ron-desantis-crushes-democrat-opponents-by-over-20-points\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crushes<\/a> Crist in the polls, recently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/09\/desantis-rips-blue-state-governors-science-didnt-change-the-political-science-changed\/\">warned<\/a> Americans about the left\u2019s sudden \u201cepiphany\u201d regarding restrictions and mandates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when you start to see them kind of reevaluate or say all this, just understand this. The science didn\u2019t change. The medical science didn\u2019t change. The political science changed. They feel the heat,\u201d he said:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The medical science on forced masking children didn\u2019t change \u2014 the political science did. In Florida, we never imposed state mask mandates, and we liberated children and parents from the local authorities that did. We hope every jurisdiction will follow suit. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dz4SgObVJx\">pic.twitter.com\/Dz4SgObVJx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1491144498163900422?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey know that voters have been tired of perpetual lockdown policies. They know that they have basically offered no off ramp and they know that they\u2019re fixing to be whooped at the polls, so that\u2019s causing the epiphany,\u201d DeSantis added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL), who is vying to challenge Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in this year\u2019s gubernatorial race in the Sunshine State, has suddenly decided that it is time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1350326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350326","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=1350326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1350326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1350326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1350326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}