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DeSantis Admonishes Philadelphia for “Muzzling Students” [1]

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Date: 2022-08-20

Witness, O Humans, Irony in Its Full, Glorious Splendor

Florida Governor DeSantis gave a speech in Pittsburg on August 19th in support of GOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano. He attacked Philadelphia for requiring students to wear anti-Covid masks while in classes.

“I see now Philadelphia is forcing masks on students,” DeSantis said. “And they said that they were telling me that Pittsburgh may do that too. There is no justification for muzzling students for eight hours.”

Apparently DeSantis had his irony detector turned off. This from the Governor who muzzled Florida teachers and students through his Don’t Say Gay legislation, a law that should offend every resident of the City of Brotherly Love?

How does a legitimate public health requirement compare to the unconstitutional denial of freedom of speech? Short answer, it doesn’t. It says volumes about the governor’s unfitness for office that he seems unable or worse, unwilling, to differentiate the two.

Governor, there is plenty of justification for health measures that protect the public and no justification whatsoever for politically motivated laws that punish people for speaking of things which narrow minded, sectarian bigots disapprove. You are an embarrassment to your state, DeSantis, and a disgrace to the nation.

The Governor, not content with butting his nose into Pennsylvania’s business went on to claim that Pennsylvania could become the “Florida of the North” if voters elected Mastriano.

Heaven forfend! What a betrayal to Pennsylvania’s proud heritage of religious toleration and humanitarianism it would be for the Keystone state to fall into the clutches of unscrupulous men like DeSantis and Mastriano!

No, Mr. DeSantis, keep your Florida politics out of my home state. Instead, cast the beam out of your own eye.

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