"To those who are in the fight, know there is hope. Have faith and stay strong," Casey DeSantis said Thursday.
"These screenings and the things that you do can really, really be life-saving," DeSantis said at the time. She just had a feeling that she needed to do it, and so thank God that she did." My family has been praying for Casey and will continue to pray for all those fighting breast cancer!" She still has more to do but I'm confident she is going to make a full recovery." She and the governor were married in 2010 and share three young children. "It is so wonderful to hear that our great First Lady of Florida @FLCaseyDeSantis is now cancer free.
DeSantis attacked a line up of teenagers for wearing face coverings while denouncing masks as “COVID theater.”
During a State of the State speech delivered in early January, DeSantis declared: “Florida has become the escape hatch for those chafing under authoritarian, arbitrary and seemingly never-ending mandates and restrictions.” He said mitigation measures were: “grounded more in blind adherence to Faucian declarations than they are in the constitutional traditions.” “When the weight of the world was coming down bearing down on our shoulders…freedom has prevailed in the sunshine state,” DeSantis blares. In the face of massive outrage over his attack on the students, DeSantis has doubled down. The video begins with the clip of the governor barking at the students over their face coverings before proceeding to a frivolous presentation mocking Democratic Party officials and liberal celebrities for their own hypocritical abandonment of public masking. In July of last year, DeSantis signed an executive order effectively banning school districts from establishing mask mandates in response to rising COVID-19 cases and the enormous risks posed to younger people, particularly those that are immunocompromised. In reality, the “facts and data,'' which were handed down by the CDC in its updated guidelines in late February and that are now being regurgitated endlessly by the corporate media and politicians, are devoid of scientific credibility. The incident on Wednesday comes just days after DeSantis gave the opening speech at the Republican Party’s Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) in Orlando, an event that provided a snapshot of the fascistic transformation of the Republican Party with former President Donald Trump as its leading figure. Finally, 84 were added across the five days from February 23-27, a rate of nearly 17 per day. Almost 70 percent of these, 148, occurred in the last 13 days, a rate of over 11 per day. We stood strong.” Florida has the third highest number of cases and deaths, with nearly 6 million cases and over 70,200 deaths from COVID-19, primarily a result of DeSantis’ homicidal policies. As he walked on to the podium to speak, the far-right Republican denounced the seven children behind him for having their masks on as the broadcast was starting. Press secretary Christina Pushaw declared after the video went viral that there was “no evidence that masks make any difference.”
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is receiving backlash for berating children wearing masks and now the parents are speaking out.
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Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers. All of you who have given thoughts and prayers to my family and my wife, thank you. Have faith and stay strong.”
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Thursday that his wife, Casey DeSantis is cancer-free after undergoing cancer treatment and surgery.
Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers. All of you who have given thoughts and prayers to my family and my wife, thank you. “To those who are in the fight, know there is hope.
The Republican governor was attending an indoor news conference and was visibly annoyed with students who were wearing masks as he approached the lectern.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, DeSantis has been very vocal about his disdain for mask and vaccine mandates, drawing national attention. He doesn’t have that right,” Brown Sr. told the TV station. “You do not have to wear those masks. So if you wanna wear it, fine, but this is ridiculous,” he said, letting out an audible sigh and shaking his head. “I was a little bit surprised at his tone,” Brown said of the governor, adding that he chose to leave his mask on because there were many unmasked people around and he was wary of getting COVID-19. We’ve got to stop with this COVID theatre.