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   Kamala Arrives In Florida, Says "Help Is Here". Here's What DeSantis Said    
   ... Vice President Kamala Harris, arriving in Florida,   
   implied that the state of Florida needed her help, tweeting, “Hey   
   Florida! Help is Here.”   
      
   Earlier this month, Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared on   
   Fox News with Judge Jeanine Pirro. Pirro opined that the recently-   
   passed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill rewarded Democratic-run   
   states that had damaged their economies with strict lockdowns while   
   punishing states like Florida, which had acted to make sure their   
   economies stayed afloat.   
      
   DeSantis replied, “Exactly. We are getting penalized by about $2   
   billion _because_ we have low unemployment, _because_ we saved the   
   economy, _because_ also we have lower COVID mortality than a lot of   
   these lockdown states. So what this bill does is say, ‘If you locked   
   down, if you destroyed your state; if you destroyed your economy, and   
   you failed to stop COVID as well, you’re going to get a windfall.’ Some   
   of these lockdown states are getting an extra billion, two billion,   
   three billion dollars, so it’s effectively a transfer of money from   
   states like Florida and Georgia to states like New York, Illinois, and   
   California. It stinks to high heaven.”   
      
   In February, DeSantis reacted harshly to speculation that the Biden   
   administration might institute travel restrictions on the state of   
   Florida.   
      
   McClatchy had reported, “The Biden administration is considering   
   whether to impose domestic travel restrictions, including on Florida,   
   fearful that coronavirus mutations are threatening to reverse hard-   
   fought progress on the pandemic.”   
      
   DeSantis fired: “I think it would be unconstitutional, it would be   
   unwise, and it would be unjust,” adding that “restricting the right of   
   Americans to travel freely throughout our country while allowing   
   illegal aliens to pour across the southern border unmolested would be a   
   ridiculous, but very damaging farce.”   
      
   He continued: “We will not back down, and if anyone tries to harm   
   Floridians or target us, we will respond very swiftly.”   
      
   “People have asked me about, there was some type of report about   
   potential travel restrictions on Americans and on Floridians, and I   
   think it’s an absurd report that they would be doing that; I think it   
   would be unconstitutional, it would be unwise, and it would be unjust,”   
   DeSantis began. “If you think about it, restricting the right of   
   Americans to travel freely throughout our country while allowing   
   illegal aliens to pour across the southern border unmolested would be a   
   ridiculous, but very damaging farce. So we will oppose it 100%; it   
   would not be based in science; it would purely be a political attack   
   against the people of Florida.”   
      
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   DeSantis Losing..   
      
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