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“If I had a dollar for every lockdown politician that decided to escape to Florida over the last two years, I’d be a pretty doggone wealthy man,”

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• “It’s interesting though, the reception some of these folks will get in Florida, because I think a lot of Floridians will say ‘wait a minute, you’re bashing us because we’re not doing your draconian policies and yet we’re the first place you want to flee to,… to be able to enjoy life,’” DeSantis continued.

• “I mean, there are probably about a half dozen governors who have restrictions on their people and then were spotted at various points in Florida,” he added. “Some of it’s been public, some of it has not been public.”

• Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, was spotted last week vacationing in Miami Beach while not wearing a mask.

• Photos obtained by the National Review showed the Democrat, who has been a vocal advocate for mask mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions, seated outside Thursday afternoon, not wearing a mask while enjoying drinks.

• DeSantis responded to the photos on Twitter, sarcastically welcoming Ocasio-Cortez to Florida.

SOURCE: WASHINGTONEXAMINER