{"id":1559643,"date":"2022-07-18T14:42:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T18:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1559643"},"modified":"2022-07-18T14:49:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T18:49:55","slug":"florida-first-lady-casey-desantis-appears-to-fire-back-at-gov-newsom-over-special-olympics-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-first-lady-casey-desantis-appears-to-fire-back-at-gov-newsom-over-special-olympics-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis Appears To Fire Back At Gov. Newsom Over Special Olympics Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fflorida-first-lady-casey-desantis-appears-to-fire-back-at-gov-newsom-over-special-olympics-comment%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=1559643&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\/07\/unnamed-1-e1658167671590.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Florida first lady Casey DeSantis hit back Monday at Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom after the governor claimed he launched his ad blitz in the state over the Special Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom said Friday he ran the the campaign attack against Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis after DeSantis told the Special Olympics it would be fined for violating state law over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did something that tipped me very directly, and that was going after the Special Olympics,\u201d Newsom said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/capitol-alert\/article263508468.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sacramento Bee<\/a>. \u201cI had an emotional response to that. That led to the consideration of doing something a little bit more expressive and that was the determination on the ad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/05\/freedom-under-attack-california-gavin-newsom-ad-ron-desantis-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ad that launched<\/a> in early July, Newsom said \u201cfreedom is under attack in [Florida].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour Republican leader, they\u2019re banning books, making it harder to vote, restricting speech in classrooms, even criminalizing women and doctors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newsom urged Floridians to flee the Sunshine State and instead join him in California, where he promises \u201cfreedom.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/05\/desantis-newsom-ads-florida-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Why Didn\u2019t Newsom Mention This?\u2019: DeSantis Fires Back On Attack Ads)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Casey DeSantis appeared to take an indirect jab Monday at Newsom while also saying her husband was fighting for the Special Olympic athletes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor those who need a reminder \u2026 this is why we fight. Isabella competed in the Special Olympics because @RonDeSantisFL stood up and fought for her and all the other Special Olympians who would have been sidelined. We will never stop fighting for people like Isabella.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">For those who need a reminder\u2026 this is why we fight.<\/p>\n<p>Isabella competed in the Special Olympics because <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonDeSantisFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RonDeSantisFL<\/a> stood up and fought for her and all the other Special Olympians who would have been sidelined.<\/p>\n<p>We will never stop fighting for people like Isabella. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NARnZdSvaU\">pic.twitter.com\/NARnZdSvaU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Casey DeSantis (@CaseyDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaseyDeSantis\/status\/1549023771570442240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Special Olympics dropped its vaccine mandate after the organization faced $27.5 million in fines from the state, which argued the organization\u2019s vaccine requirement broke state law. Several athletes\u2019 family members allegedly shared their concerns about the charity\u2019s vaccine mandate.<\/p>\n<p>Florida law \u201cprohibits a business entity,\u00a0which includes a charitable organization<em>,\u00a0<\/em>from requiring any patron or customer to provide documentation certifying COVID-19 vaccination or post-infection recovery to gain access to, entry upon, or service from the business entity,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/03\/special-olympics-caves-on-vax-mandate-after-desantis-drops-the-hammer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter<\/a> from the state to the Special Olympics reads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;For those who need a reminder&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"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-1559643","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\/1559643","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\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1559643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559643\/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=1559643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1559643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1559643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}