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. Ron DeSantis More Quotes by Ron DeSantis More Quotes From Ron DeSantis We think the parents are best situated to make that decision and if these entities are going to violate state law... there's consequences for that. Ron DeSantis Politicians want to force Cameron Webb to cover Cameron Webb face as a way for them to cover their own asses, that's just the truth. They want to be able to say they are taking this on and they're doing this even though it's not proven to be effective. Ron DeSantis Now, what the AP did by trying to create a false narrative is some people may believe the narrative and then think that this is not a viable treatment for them so if they're infected, they will not go seek a monoclonal antibody and that will ultimately increase their risk of hospitalization, so the AP knew what they were doing, they wanted to do a political hit on me and the fallout from that is that there will likely be people who decline life-saving treatment. And then they have the temerity to act like they were the victim when they got called out on their hit piece. Ron DeSantis Of all the things that you could be dealing with, you are choosing to do this ? Ron DeSantis While you have all this stuff going on with Afghanistan, obviously all of the stuff at the southern border… one of the biggest border disasters in the history of our country, inflation, gas prices, and what does he do? he is obsessed with having the government force kindergarteners to wear masks all day in school. Ron DeSantis This is the most effective treatment that we've yet encountered for people who are infected with Covid-19, this, applied early and properly, has the ability to reduce your likelihood of being hospitalized. Ron DeSantis No elected official is doing more to enable the transmission of COVID in America than Joe Biden with his open borders policies. Ron DeSantis I think the fairest thing to do is just say let parents make the decisions. Ron DeSantis Joe Biden has taken to Joe Biden to try to single out Florida over COVID, this is a guy who ran for president saying Joe Biden was going to shut down the virus. Ron DeSantis Joe Biden suggests that if you don't do locked down policies, then you should, quote,' Get out of the way.' Well, let me tell you this : If you're coming after the rights of parents in Florida, I'm standing in your way. Ron DeSantis We had great success last winter, last school year. We saw virtually no spread in the classroom when all the kids were wearing masks. So we recommend -- strong recommendation to our schools -- that they do that, now some will do that, some will not. Ron DeSantis Floridians are free to choose, and all Americans should be free to choose, how they govern their affairs, how they take care of themselves and our families, they should not be consigned to live, regardless of which state in the union, consigned to live in a Faucian dystopia. Ron DeSantis There's been talk about potentially people advocating at the federal level, imposing compulsory masks on kids, we're not doing that in Florida, OK ? We need our kids to breath. We need our kids to be able to be kids. Ron DeSantis It's a seasonal virus and this is the seasonal pattern it follows in the Sun Belt states. Ron DeSantis I get a little bit frustrated when I see some of these jurisdictions saying, even if you're healthy and vaccinated you must wear a mask because we're seeing increased cases. Ron DeSantis We are seeing on the island of Cuba people fighting against a communist dictatorship, a free Cuba is a noble cause. Ron DeSantis The one thing that communist regimes fear the most, is the truth. And if we’re able to help Cubans communicate with one another, also communicate to the outside world, that truth is going to matter, that truth, I think, will be decisive, and so, Mr. President, now's the time to stand up and be counted. Ron DeSantis We obviously have to stand with the people of Cuba against the communist dictatorship. Ron DeSantis What does the regime do when you start to see these images? they shut down the internet. They don’t want the truth to be out, they don’t want people to be able to communicate. Ron DeSantis We still have hope to be able to identify additional survivors, the state of Florida Keys, we're offering any assistance that we can. Ron DeSantis