Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is one of the only governors in the country with a good coronavirus record. Deaths in the state have remained relatively low, which is an even greater feat when you take into account Florida’s large elderly population, and almost everyone is now eligible for the vaccine. Given these successes, you’d think other leaders and health experts would want to listen to what DeSantis has to say about the choices he made to help the state navigate the pandemic. Instead, they’re trying to shut him up.

YouTube removed a video of DeSantis’s recent press conference this week in which he discussed the coronavirus lockdown and which restrictions he did and did not find necessary. Several other physicians and scientists, including Dr. Scott Atlas, joined him for the policy discussion and rightly pointed out that strict lockdown measures come with their own severe health consequences.