On March 17, 2020 DeSantis wrote executive orders directing:
Pursuant to sections252.36(5)(g)-(h),FloridaStatutes, an licensee authorized to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises that derive more than 50% of its gross revenue from the sale ofalcoholic beverages… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Upon initial re-opening into phase 1, businesses that derived more than 50% revenue from alcohol sales on premises could not be open due to DeSantis’ executive order that suspended sales on-premise of alcohol.
On June 26, 2020, citing the authority given to them from DeSantis’ Executive order 20-52 for the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, an executive order was made to SUSPEND the ability for all vendors licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
There were talks of Palm Beach County moving to phase 2 in early June. But that never materialized.
September 1, 2020 Public record from a Florida Government meeting in Palm Beach County regarding who controls the reopening:
“Who controls the reopenings…-Commissioner McKinlay
“The Governor has to put us in phase 2”- Mayor Dave Kerner
September 3, 2020:
Listen to all the employees who had to be laid off due to ordered closures!
“In Governor DeSantis’ roundtable discussion in St. Petersburg on Thursday, he said the logic is that people at bars could be more likely to break social distancing guidelines due to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Let’s rewind back to Sept. 1, 2020.
Palm Beach County was still not in Phase 2 yet so bars were never ever allowed to open if they derived 50% of their gross revenue from onsite alcohol sales.
“We are offering our suggestions to the Governor {DeSantis} and he will ultimately… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
September 3, 2020, DeSantis issued his Executive Oder allowing Palm Beach County into his phase 2 plan for reopening:
Which again, bars & other businesses that derived more than 50% revenue from alcohol sales on premises could NOT be open due to DeSantis executive order that… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
September 14, 2020, DeSantis’ Department of Business & Professional Regulation lifted their prohibitions of alcohol sales for venues that derived greater than 50% of gross revenue from alcohol sales on premises which was in place since June 26, 2020.
Isn’t it ironic: #DeSantis has 2 men in #Iowa #Caucus campaigning for him that he worked closely with for #COVID19 shutdowns that lasted 6 MONTHS into Sept. 2020.
One is DEMOCRAT Dave Kerner who created COVID police and snitch lines to go after businesses for customers not wearing masks. DeSantis then elevated him to an executive role in the state to oversee all Florida Highway Patrol officers.
The other is the former head of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Halsey Beshears, who at the behest of DeSantis, ordered bars shut until Sept. 14, 2020.
Thread 🧵: #Florida Legislators and Agency Heads that are in #Iowa #Caucus campaigning for #DeSantis:
-Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration
-Florida Highway Patrol
-Florida Secretary of Commerce
-Florida Secretary of Lottery
-Florida Dept. of Juvenile Justice
-Florida Dept. of Corrections
Florida Department of Education campaigning in #Iowa for #Desantis
Head of the #Florida Department of Children and Families campaigning in #Iowa for #DeSantis
Thread 🧵: Dishonest DeSimps want you to believe DeSantis nullified local mask mandates back in May 2021.
That is not the case.
As Executive of the State during a declared public health emergency DeSantis always had the ability to pre-empt mask mandates in the first place, but he chose not to.
DeSantis’ own FLDOH Dr. Alonso advised for mandatory masks.
In 2021, DeSantis wrote WEAK executive orders that allowed for loopholes & for mask mandates that continued into Feb 2022.
DeSantis’ office was informed about continued mask mandates despite DeSantis (and now DeSimps) saying he nullified local orders on May 3, 2021, but DeSantis & his lack of action & weak executive orders failed to stop the mask mandates.
Even worse, DeSantis had ability in the new law that passed in July 2021 to invalidate any local order that “unnecessarily restricts individual rights or liberties” & despite DeSantis’ office being aware that mask mandates continued in Florida by local governments he failed to step in and stop them.
Mask mandates continued in #Florida in PUBLIC government buildings with the threat of police trespass for non-compliance into Feb. 2022.
Even worse, DeSantis hired one of the Democrat local mayors, Dave Kerner, who pushed mask mandates into 2022 to be a State executive in 2023.
It wasn’t until 2023 (3 years later) where a law signed by DeSantis banded mask mandates for COVID in more places than just for children in public schools.
More in thread with evidence & receipts:
On local mask mandates, DeSantis says “So we are not preempting any of that…I’ve told the Mayor you have to take the decisions that you think are gonna work well in Dade & we’ve encouraged him to do that”
#DeSantis wrote, “I was adamant that a mask mandate was not an appropriate use of government power.” Yet, his own #Florida Dept. of Health Doctor advised a mask mandate that went on for over 1 yr
“I highly recommend that we go forward with the wearing of the masks as mandatory”