He does not have the constitutional authority to do this, he is relying on emergency powers because of COVID. So, wait a minute, you got a Ph.D. in gender studies five years ago and that has something to do with COVID. It is an abuse of power. It’s not constitutional.

Ron DeSantis

It is possible that this area could see tropical storm-force winds, not guaranteed, but it is possible, and so our Department of Emergency Management is assuming that that will happen and making the necessary preparations to be able, obviously, to protect a lot of the equipment.

You recognized the severity of this tragedy from day one and you've been very supportive.

They're all in, and so we really appreciate having the support of the President.

They know that they got caught, so they never even addressed that, they just issued these mealy-mouthed statements, but what I would say to ’60 Minutes’ and the American people, they have so much contempt for their viewers to try to gaslight them like this.

We need a definitive answer for how this might have happened, it really is a unique type of tragedy to have, in the middle of the night, half a building just collapse like that.

We still have hope to be able to identify additional survivors, the state of Florida, we're offering any assistance that we can.

You have orthodoxies that are promoted, and other viewpoints are shunned or even suppressed, we don’t want that in Florida – you need to have a true contest of ideas. Students should not be shielded from ideas, and we want robust First Amendment speech on our college and university campuses.

It’s something that’s important to be able to provide each student the ability, every day, to be able to reflect and to be able to pray as they see fit, the idea that you can just push God out of every institution, and be successful — I'm sorry, our founding fathers did not believe that.

Every family in our state should be able to send their children to school and know that they will be protected from harm and be able to practice their faith, i’m proud to sign these bills today to help protect religious freedom in Florida and increase the safety and security of our Jewish communities.

It's like a moment of meditation, relaxation, connection.

It's a combination of steps forward and steps backwards, we've seen this movie before -- whenever we see tremendous progress, there's always backlash.

That is not worth any taxpayer dollars.

We were basically saying, like honestly, just let them sail, if we win the case, it opens up. They will all sail out of Florida. They will all do it consistent with Florida law.

I would say those lockdowns have ruined millions of people's lives all around this country, wouldn't it have been good to have a full debate on that in our public square ? But that was not what Silicon Valley wanted to do.

All I can say to any state that has not followed suit : Open your state, open your schools, end these mask mandates, let people live and thrive, when it came right down to it, we chose freedom over Fauci-ism.

Now, anyone can spout conservative rhetoric. We can sit around and have academic debates about conservative policy, but the question is, when the Klieg lights get hot, when the left comes after you : Will you stay strong or will you fold ?

I think if you are saying that, you are really saying you don't believe in the vaccines, you don't believe in the data, you don't believe in science.

Me signing this bill says : Florida, your vote counts, your vote is going to be cast with integrity and transparency and this is a great place for democracy.

I have what we think is the strongest election integrity measures in the country.

We've had voter ID. It works. It's the right thing to do.