{"id":503975,"date":"2021-05-13T12:05:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T16:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=503975"},"modified":"2021-05-13T12:05:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T16:05:13","slug":"ron-desantis-will-pardon-those-charged-with-covid-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-will-pardon-those-charged-with-covid-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron DeSantis Will Pardon Those Charged With COVID Crimes"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fron-desantis-will-pardon-those-charged-with-covid-crimes%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=503975&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\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1008609864-scaled-e1612811996958.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"44.275766016713\">\n<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday evening that he will be pardoning Floridians charged with violating COVID-19 mask or social distancing restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Republican broke the news on \u201cThe Ingraham Angle\u201d to Mike and Jillian Carnevale, gym owners who face jail time for allowing their members to workout <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/12\/ron-desantis-children-students-no-masks-fall-semester-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">maskless<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/29\/trump-desantis-2024-running-mate\/\">(RELATED: Trump Would \u2018Certainly\u2019 Consider DeSantis As 2024 Running Mate: \u2018A Lot Of People \u2026 Love That Ticket\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m glad you have Mike and Jillian on, and I\u2019m also glad to be on, to be able to say that effective tomorrow morning, I\u2019m going to sign a reprieve under my constitutional authority,\u201d the governor said. \u201cSo that will delay the case for 60 days against both of them and then when our clemency board meets in the coming weeks we will issue pardons not only for Mike and Jillian but for any Floridian that may have outstanding infractions for things like masks and social distancing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact is, it\u2019s not even right to be wearing masks when you are exercising, the World Health Organization advises against it,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cIt is not healthy for people to be doing that in the first place so it was a bad restriction, but these things with health should be advisory, they should not be punitive and we are happy to use our constitutional authority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they have been treated poorly and fortunately they\u2019ve got a government that cares,\u201d DeSantis said. He emphasized that Florida must \u201cmove forward as a state.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/12\/covid-gretchen-whitmer-democrat\/\">(RELATED: Over A Year Into The Pandemic, Politicians Are Still Getting Caught Ignoring Their Own COVID Restrictions)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are the oasis of freedom, that\u2019s why Florida is doing well,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cLet\u2019s build off that and let\u2019s not go backwards on any of this stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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