{"id":538775,"date":"2021-05-24T16:35:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T20:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=538775"},"modified":"2021-05-24T16:35:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T20:35:41","slug":"ron-desantis-calls-florida-americas-west-berlin-after-covid-19-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-calls-florida-americas-west-berlin-after-covid-19-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron DeSantis Calls Florida \u2018America\u2019s West Berlin\u2019 After COVID-19 Response"},"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\">20<\/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-calls-florida-americas-west-berlin-after-covid-19-response%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=538775&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\/IMG-4566-e1621883726811.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called Florida \u201cAmerica\u2019s West Berlin\u201d at a press conference Monday.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis reflected on the state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/13\/ron-desantis-covid-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19<\/a> pandemic policies at a Miami <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NBC2News\/videos\/830942684172262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press conference,<\/a> where he signed legislation intended to protect Floridians from Big Tech censorship. He compared Florida to West Berlin, insinuating that the state is freer than states with strict COVID-19 guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople have the right to work, a right to operate businesses. They need more employees, that\u2019s the main thing at this point. We\u2019re proud of what we\u2019ve been able to accomplish. We are effectively America\u2019s West Berlin over the last year and people view this as a free zone,\u201d the governor said.<\/p>\n<p>The governor said people had predicted that Florida\u2019s economy would be harmed by the pandemic, but that the state\u2019s economy is currently flourishing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople come not only to follow their dreams but even if it\u2019s just visiting for a time to escape some of the more repressive policies,\u201d he said. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/03\/ron-desantis-bill-scrapping-florida-covid-restrictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Scrapping All Of Florida\u2019s COVID Restrictions)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.447098976109\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today, Floridians are being guaranteed protection against the Silicon Valley power grab on speech, thought, and content. We the people are standing up to tech totalitarianism with the signing of Florida\u2019s Big Tech Bill. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cDewFJiEPk\">https:\/\/t.co\/cDewFJiEPk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1396840027322212359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis also said Florida supported the education system, and had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2021\/04\/27\/florida-budget-deal-has-raise-lowest-paid-state-workers-agency-heads\/7396295002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">increased<\/a> the minimum salary for teachers. Teachers were given $1,000 bonuses. Florida is also rewarding law enforcement and first responders by giving them bonuses and barring any city from defunding <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/05\/ron-desantis-bonuses-florida-first-responders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">police<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not going let any local government defund law enforcement. We will hold you accountable if you\u2019re violent. And we\u2019re gonna let everyone who wears that uniform to protect and serve us know that we stand with you and not only are we not defunding the police, we\u2019re funding them and then some. We secured $1,000 for all first responders and law enforcement in the state of Florida,\u201d the governor continued.<\/p>\n<p>The state will end federal benefits early in order to push citizens to return to work rather than to continue relying on government benefits, Orlando Weekly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/Blogs\/archives\/2021\/05\/24\/florida-gov-ron-desantis-calls-state-americas-west-berlin-while-discussing-covid-19-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called Florida \u201cAmerica\u2019s West Berlin\u201d at a press conference Monday.DeSantis reflected on the state\u2019s COVID-19 pandemic policies at a Miami press conference, where he signed &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312848,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG-4566-e1621883726811.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Ron DeSantis Calls Florida \u2018America\u2019s West Berlin\u2019 After COVID-19 Response","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-538775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG-4566-e1621883726811.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Ron DeSantis Calls Florida \u2018America\u2019s West Berlin\u2019 After COVID-19 Response","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538775","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=538775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}