“There’s already enough fear and anger in our society, we don’t need our elected leaders making it worse.” “What we don’t need is to create more fake boogeymen,” said Rep. In their official response to the governor’s speech, Democrats noted that more than 60,000 people in Florida have died from COVID-19. DeSantis said the country is facing economic problems that stem from “reckless federal policies,” and he blamed Washington for rising inflation that he said takes money out of the pockets of Florida families. Included in the budget proposal is $22 million for COVID-19 response efforts. He noted more than $15 billion in reserve, a historically large surplus. The governor’s proposed budget, the “Freedom First Budget,” amounted to $99.7 billion, paid for partly with a windfall from the federal government.
Strengthening anti-abortion laws and gun rights. 
A crackdown on technology companies from profiting off users’ data.Pay bonuses for Florida law enforcement.Elimination of the Florida Standards Assessments tests for students.Freeze of public college and university tuition, and preservation of Bright Futures scholarships.
Creation an election integrity unit to root out alleged fraud, though DeSantis has praised how well Florida managed its 2020 elections. Additional bonuses for teachers to raise K-12 teacher salaries to $47,000. Temporary relief from the state’s gas tax with a $1 billion tax holiday. In Florida, the governor said the state has fought back against what he called unconstitutional restrictions, protected citizens’ right to earn a living wage, given businesses the ability to prosper and ensured kids have an opportunity to thrive.ĭeSantis said his legislative agenda this coming year includes: In December, DeSantis’ campaign emailed a fundraising plea for Fauci to be jailed for what DeSantis said was misleading testimony to Congress.ĭemocrats accused DeSantis of stoking fear ahead of this year’s election. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden and formerly a top adviser to presidents since 1984, including President Donald Trump. These policies, DeSantis said, are grounded in “blind adherence to Faucian declarations,” a reference to Dr. “Florida has become the escape hatch for those chafing under authoritarian, arbitrary and seemingly never-ending mandates and restrictions,” he told a packed and largely maskless House chamber in Tallahassee during his 33-minute address.ĭeSantis said school closures have been reckless, politically motivated and hurt students, and he cited job losses the governor blamed on mandates that he complained have denied Americans freedom because of a “coercive biomedical apparatus.” 
Ron DeSantis laid out a red-meat 2022 legislative agenda on crime and immigration, and he ridiculed COVID-19 restrictions in other states as ineffective and anti-American.ĭeSantis, a Republican who is seeking a second term in November and hasn’t ruled out a White House bid in 2024, called Florida the “freest state” in the U.S. In his State of the State address Tuesday in the Capitol, Gov.
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