{"id":1931624,"date":"2023-05-16T06:13:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T10:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-responds-to-top-dem-governors-criticism-reminds-him-where-he-sent-his-family-during-covid\/"},"modified":"2023-05-16T06:13:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T10:13:14","slug":"desantis-responds-to-top-dem-governors-criticism-reminds-him-where-he-sent-his-family-during-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-responds-to-top-dem-governors-criticism-reminds-him-where-he-sent-his-family-during-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Responds to Top Dem Governor&#8217;s Criticism, Reminds Him Where He Sent His Family During COVID"},"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%2Fdesantis-responds-to-top-dem-governors-criticism-reminds-him-where-he-sent-his-family-during-covid%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=1931624&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>    News                                                                                                                                                                                                     Visit Advertiser websiteGO TO PAGE                                                                                                                                                                                                             NEXT                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   About Connatix                                                                                                  DeSantis Responds to Top Dem Governor&#8217;s Criticism, Reminds Him Where He Sent His Family During COVID     <\/p>\n<p>  \u00a0By Richard Moorhead   \u00a0May 15, 2023 at 5:57pm      Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took the opportunity to fire back at Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker during a Friday speech in the latter\u2019s home state.<\/p>\n<p> DeSantis \u2014 speaking at a Lincoln Day event for the Peoria and Tazewell County Republican parties \u2014 addressed some of Pritzker\u2019s criticism for him during the speech.<\/p>\n<p> The Illinois Democrat used the legacy of former President Abraham Lincoln to take a political shot at DeSantis in earlier remarks provided to the Chicago Sun-Times.<\/p>\n<p>  \u201cIn Illinois, we reject the cruelty he peddles for political gain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cDeSantis\u2019 views are not what we call freedom in Illinois. His appearance at the Illinois GOP Lincoln Dinner this week is in direct opposition to everything Abraham Lincoln stood for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>   Pritzker also described DeSantis\u2019 form of governance as \u201ctyranny\u201d in a tweet.<\/p>\n<p> DeSantis pointed out that Pritzker\u2019s own relatives found the freedoms available in Illinois during the coronavirus pandemic insufficient for them in his Friday speech.<\/p>\n<p> Their preferred alternative?<\/p>\n<p>  Will DeSantis win the Republican nomination?<\/p>\n<p>     DeSantis\u2019 state of Florida.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI\u2019m a little disappointed your governor said I wasn\u2019t welcome in Illinois,\u201d DeSantis said of Pritzker during the Lincoln Day event, according to The State Journal-Register.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cBecause I seem to remember when he was locking down this state, he sent his family to live in my state and live in our freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  Pritzker admitted that his own wife and daughter went to Florida before his own statewide stay-at-home order in 2020, according to the Chicago Tribune.<\/p>\n<p> Pritzker\u2019s relatives only returned to Illinois months later.<\/p>\n<p>  The Democratic governor refused to answer questions about his family\u2019s whereabouts during the midst of the pandemic, claiming a line of questioning to that effect was \u201cinappropriate and I find it reprehensible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> DeSantis has pointed out Pritzker\u2019s seeming hypocrisy before, questioning his commitment to coronavirus lockdown policies while his relatives enjoyed the freedoms available in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>    DeSantis is touring midwestern states such as Illinois and Iowa in advance of what many suspect is an upcoming presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>   SummaryRecent PostsContact<\/p>\n<p> Richard Moorhead is a conservative journalist, a graduate of Arizona State University, Army Infantryman, Gold Star grandson, and guitar player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Visit Advertiser websiteGO TO PAGE NEXT About Connatix DeSantis Responds to Top Dem Governor&#8217;s Criticism, Reminds Him Where He Sent His Family During COVID \u00a0By Richard Moorhead \u00a0May 15, 2023 at 5:57pm Florida Gov. 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