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Rhiannon12866

(205,927 posts)
Tue May 4, 2021, 01:00 AM May 2021

DeSantis Says Florida Will Lift Coronavirus Restrictions to Focus on Voting Restrictions

TALLAHASSEE (The Borowitz Report)—Governor Ron DeSantis announced that Florida will lift its coronavirus restrictions in order to focus all its attention on voting restrictions.

“While the danger posed by the virus has largely dissipated, voting remains as dangerous as ever,” DeSantis said.

The Governor indicated that he was “taking a hard look” at indoor voting, which he said was responsible for “many bad outcomes,” and noted that outdoor voting, involving people placing ballots in mailboxes, could also be curbed.

“Until the danger has passed, we may have to ban voting by groups of five or more people,” he said, adding that it would “depend on who the people were.”

DeSantis said that the measures to restrict voting should be passed into law as soon as possible. He warned, “We must stop the spread of democracy.”


Short article, no more at link: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/desantis-says-florida-will-lift-coronavirus-restrictions-to-focus-on-voting-restrictions



Photograph by Joe Raedle / Getty

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DeSantis Says Florida Will Lift Coronavirus Restrictions to Focus on Voting Restrictions (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 May 2021 OP
DeSantis DeFies logic. lpbk2713 May 2021 #1
That's true, but the Borowitz Report is satire. dchill May 2021 #2
And that's what makes it such good satire - since it is so close to the truth. Rhiannon12866 May 2021 #3
Sure is. SheltieLover May 2021 #4
Yup, that's what makes Borowitz successful. Rhiannon12866 May 2021 #5
For sure!!! SheltieLover May 2021 #6
I love good satire LetMyPeopleVote May 2021 #7
Art imitates real life. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2021 #8

Rhiannon12866

(205,927 posts)
5. Yup, that's what makes Borowitz successful.
Tue May 4, 2021, 01:34 AM
May 2021

These days, it's something we can easily imagine them saying - they have given up subtlety, they just want to prevent the "wrong" people from voting.

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