Florida Republican Governor Ron Desantis on Monday doubled down on his stance of not mandating vaccines or masks in his state and blasted President Biden for his hypocrisy while speaking at a press conference.
“If a government agency in the state of Florida forces a vaccine as a condition of employment, that violates the Florida law” he said referring to his recent law that prohibits proof of vaccination in the state of Florida.
“It’s not constitutional what he’s doing” he added referring to the Biden administration’s recent mandate for federal employees.
“So they’re issuing this mandate for private sector employees but also for all federal employees, but they’re exempting the post office. They’re exempting members of Congress and members of Congress’s staff? So how does that work? Can someone explain the science to me?” he further added.
Adding that he does not believe anyone should be forced to get a vaccine or even show proof in the form of “vaccine passports”
“If you’re going to mandate and say you’re following science, and you exempt a major part of the federal work force and you exempt Congress, and you exempt the staff of Congress — you know, when I was in Congress I actually proposed the 28th Amendment. Congress shouldn’t make any law that doesn’t apply to them,” this statement attracted huge applause from Floridians present at the conference.
“So if you’re somebody who’s working at — I don’t think postal should be forced don’t get me wrong — but Biden thinks everyone should be forced, except if you deliver mail, somehow that’s fine,” he added.
“But if you’re somebody, a nurse who’s been working in the ICU for a private hospital for a year and a half treating COVIID patients and likely has already had COVID, that somehow you’re going to get fired unless you follow the mandate — how does that make sense at all?” The governor said.
“It doesn’t. This is all political. It’s all about using government and it’s wrong,” he added pointing to the massive hypocrisy that the Biden administration and Democrats are displaying.
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