School Superintendent Responds After Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Scolds Students For Wearing Masks

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: People

A school superintendent is responding after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was filmed berating students for wearing face masks during a visit to the University of South Florida on Wednesday.

Before a speech, DeSantis was filmed telling a group of high school students standing behind him, "You do not have to wear those masks. I mean, please take them off. Honestly, it's not doing anything and we've gotta stop with this COVID theater. So if you want to wear it, fine, but this is ridiculous."

While some of the students could be seen removing their masks in response to the comments, others kept them on.

Link to tweet

In a statement sent to PEOPLE, Hillsborough Schools Superintendent Addison Davis said the district was "proud of the manner in which our students represented themselves," noting that it is their choice "to protect their health in a way they feel most appropriate."

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/school-superintendent-responds-after-florida-gov-ron-desantis-scolds-students-for-wearing-masks/ar-AAUwQ8J

[NoMoreRepugs]

1. Geez Ron, do you try to be a total ASSHOLE or does

it just come naturally??

[TeamProg]

12. Looks natural to me.

It's requisite for FL Repukes.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

2. What an arrogant prick.

This country has gone off the rails with republican stupidity and hate.`

[Diamond_Dog]

3. Superintendent Davis was too nice.

I would have been tempted to say the F word and “you”

[Rebl2]

5. My thought exactly

Better yet, a student saying it.

[SoCalDavidS]

4. He'll Be Fired Now

A female Superintendent in FL was just fired because she required her students to wear masks.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1045&pid=15018

[Evolve Dammit]

6. It's really sad because like everywhere, there are really good teachers. State govt's and rabid

school board members (Q/GOP/ home school idiots) want to destroy public education. Betsy DeVoss did as much damage as she could.
I feel for the states that are the worst (like FL), and they all have issues. I have personal contacts in FL. It's not good.

[Stuart G]

7. DeSantis Will Be Fired Come the Next Election. This comment was too stupid.

Masks protect us all. Parents know that, and doctors know that. But DeSantis doesn't know it or he
doesn't care.

[bermudat]

21. No he won't, they love him here in Floriduh.

[Darwins_Retriever]

26. FL Hispanic population is becoming more Republican

Democrats seem to have a hard time working with FL Hispanics. First of all, the older generation of Cuban Americans are strong R, because of Castro. The younger generation are D, but don't seem to vote. Now Rick Scott has helped alot with the central FL Puerto Ricans. During his campaign he spent more time with them than with the central FL whites (except for those in the Villages), and he actually went to Puerto Rico after the Hurricane to promise aid and delivered.

Democrats seem to be happy with what they have.

[DemocraticPatriot]

8. What a f*cking a**hole

DeSantis, you need to stop with your "freedom theater", because that's all it is, 'theater'-- you fucking fascist.

[Beartracks]

19. "Freedom theater." That is spot on, for him and so many other Republicans.

That phrase indeed sums up the bullshit succinctly.

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[COL Mustard]

9. Whetever happened to

"My body, my choice"? Or was that only when the Death Sentence supporters wanted to protest?

[durablend]

10. That's only with vaccines

[COL Mustard]

11. Oh yeah, I forgot that part

Amazing how they're willing to bend things to their vile purposes.

[monkeyman1]

13. I wish ol' ronny would wear a bag over his mug,

tired of looking at the little runt !!

[dlk]

14. What kind of a loser scolds schoolchildren for taking safety measures to protect their health?

Stay classy, GOP.

[XacerbatedDem]

20. Really.

What an idiot! He says take off those masks, but if you want to wear them, go ahead, but then puts them down for it calling it ridiculous.

Probably playing to the camera, 'cause how's it gonna look, him doing his thing with actual intelligent people masked behind him when he's so against it.

What a moron!!!!!!!!!!

[Hoosier_Progressiv]

23. A bully

Too bad the superintendent could not call De Santis a bully without losing the funding. That's all De Santis is, a bully. Too bad he gets away with it. What lesson did he teach those students? Being a bully is OK!

If the students lost the funding, they would have lost more than their masks.

[rownesheck]

15. Defuckwad

is a piece of fucking shit to be saying this shit to kids. Fuck him. I'll celebrate his fucking death as a holiday just as I'll celebrate trump's death. And I hope they both die in a fucking horrible fiery auto crash in which they burn to death slowly and painfully. I fucking hate bullies, and I love it when they get their comeuppance.

If I was a parent of one of those kids, I would enjoy my jail time after beating Defuckwad into a puddle of shit.

[rickford66]

16. Hey Ron, Ala Brandon ......

Russian Warship .... Go F**k Your Self

[The Jungle 1]

17. Now they have to wear the masks.

[Hassler]

18. You can easily picture DeathSentence on a balcony doing his Mussolini on the balcony bit

[IronLionZion]

22. MAGA conservatives everywhere are welcome to die on this hill if they want to

there may be fewer of them by November

[Ray Bruns]

24. Hey Ron, GFY.

[csziggy]

25. They should treat him the way Texas students treated Jeff Younger

Start watching watching at about 19:45 -

ETA - For those who can't make it out, they are yelling "Fucking Fascist."

ETA 2 - YouTube video has been removed. Here is another source: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1413559355

[Stuart G]

27. DeSantis has Destroyed His Political Career. (Why? Putting down people who are protecting ..

...themselves in a pandemic is very "STUPID"...)

...The video will be played over and over again during the next election if DeSantis decides to run again.
....It is my opinion that he thinks like Trump that he can say anything or do anything and have no consequences to what he does
or says.
.............. In this pandemic, saying what he said is VERY STUPID INDEED

[Stuart G]

28. ..IN FLORIDA ....5.8 million cases, ....70 Thousand Deaths...Facts as of 3/3/22...

Check It Out Yourself:

https://www.google.com/search?q=Number+of+deaths+in+Florida+from+Covid+19&sitesearch=

When a politician puts people down for trying to protect themselves from such a deadly disease, it will
never be forgotten. That is my opinion.



.............. STUPID DE SANTIS CANNOT SHUT UP, JUST LIKE HIS HERO: DONALD TRUMP ........................


........(also, like Donald Trump, DeSantis thinks he is very smart. but to say that, proves he is VERY STUPID.)

[modrepub]

29. Now You Know His Trigger

Repubs are all about pushing buttons. So if you want to trigger the good governor make sure you put on a mask in his presence. Preferably a mask with a message.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

30. Update: DeSantis defends scolding students over masks -- and fundraises off it

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is fundraising off a recent viral video depicting the Republican governor bluntly asking a group of high school students to take off their masks ahead of a public event, which drew outrage among Democrats.

In a Thursday campaign email attempting to spur donations “before the truth is silenced,” DeSantis blasted the “corrupt and biased legacy media” for chastising him over his claims that “masks are political theater.” The DeSantis campaign also created a hype video over his controversial brief scolding of high school students that slams Democrats like California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Stacy Abrams for going maskless at public events.

“While in Tampa, I told a group of students masks were ridiculous, and they didn’t have to wear them if they didn’t want to,” the email reads. “Predictably, the leftist propagandists in our media had a meltdown and called me a ‘bully’ for allowing children to breathe fresh air.”

DeSantis, who is running for reelection this November against a field of Democratic challengers, has been a leading voice against Covid-19 restrictions and mandates for masks, vaccinations and vaccine passports. The Republican governor outlawed Florida’s schools from passing local mask mandates for students, sparking a protracted battle with some of the state’s largest school districts and the Biden administration over the issue.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/desantis-defends-scolding-students-over-masks-and-fundraises-off-it/ar-AAUzkHv

These righties are some sick motherfuckers.