Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) regrets locking down the state during the pandemic “for even one day,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) said, according to Politico.
Gaetz reportedly told Politico’s Michael Kruse the Florida governor expressed one regret in retrospect, and that is embracing lockdown measures, even if they were brief and temporary.
“He told me that his biggest regret as governor is that we ever locked down for even one day,” Gaetz said, according to the outlet.
DeSantis issued a one-month stay-at-home order nearly one year ago, on April 1, but he did not renew it, nor did he implement a statewide mask mandate. This drew ire from his critics — primarily the establishment media — throughout the year.
“We will never do any of these lockdowns again, and I hear people say they’ll shut down the country, and honestly I cringe,” DeSantis said during an August 31 press briefing in Central Florida.
The Republican governor and Trump ally has continued to tout the success of his state regularly as blue states largely remain restricted.
Food for thought: All of the people who were receiving government assistance prior to the pandemic have gotten a great deal of money for doing nothing . The people who were working and have got laid off or decreased hours have suffered. So who prospers ? The minorities who have done nothing and will continue to do nothing . Ain’t it great , this country has turned into a bucket of $hit.