Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis touted the preservation of individual freedoms as the key to his state’s success as he spoke with Maria Bartiromo on Fox’s Sunday Morning Futures.
“Floridians know we will not let anybody lock them down. We will not let anyone take their jobs. We will not let anyone ruin their businesses, and we will not let anyone close their schools,” DeSantis said. “So people are going to be able to live life, they’re going to be able to make their own decisions.
The Florida governor noted that his state alone produced 50,000 new jobs in November, which is 25% of the country’s total jobs created.
“We have less taxes and that’s part of the reason people have been drawn here,” DeSantis added. “Since Covid people know in Florida their freedoms are going to be respected.
Despite being disappointed in the recent U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that reinstated the vaccine or regular testing mandate for businesses, DeSantis said he was hopeful.
“I do think we’re going to get positive relief from the U.S. Supreme Court on that,” DeSantis said. “I think it’s important from a legal and constitutional matter that something like the OSHA mandate not be allowed to stand. They reached back decades, found some statutes and are using that to force vaccinations. That’s never been done in the history of our country. And so I think it’s a massive expansion of federal power that goes beyond the constitution.”
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DeSantis also praised Florida’s efforts in the fight against COVID-19.
“We do put a lot of emphasis, unlike most states and certainly unlike the Biden administration, on early treatment when people do get infected, and it’s not just unvaccinated like they like to say,” DeSantis stated.
Florida has implemented a COVID-19 treatment model using monoclonal antibody clinics set up across the state.
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“Since we’ve rolled out the clinics, we’ve had one of the lowest hospitalization rates in the country,” DeSantis said.
DeSantis gave no hints toward a 2024 bid for the White House but invited people to support him in his efforts toward winning reelection as Florida’s governor.
