DeSantis Selling ‘Don’t Fauci My Florida’ Branded Merch

The Florida governor is offering flags and drink koozie with slogans knocking Dr. Fauci.

QUICK FACTS:
  • Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is selling branded merchandise donning sayings like “Don’t Fauci My Florida” in critique of the COVID-19 restrictions endorsed by Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), The Washington Post reports.
  • This slogan and others appear on several items now in Gov. DeSantis’ campaign store.
  • One flag has the slogan, “Keep Florida Free,” while a drink koozie says, “How the hell am I going to be able to drink a beer with a mask on?”
BACKGROUND:
  • Dr. Fauci, along with other medical experts, encouraged Americans to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during the pandemic.
  • Many conservatives and other medical experts pushed back on mask requirements, social distancing enforcement, and lockdowns.
  • Gov. DeSantis refused to block citizens from state beaches, rejected widespread mask requirements, and in May made Florida one of the first states to remove all local coronavirus-related restrictions.
WHAT DESANTIS SAID:
  • “No mandates for anything,” DeSantis said on Tuesday, according to WPTV.
  • “I think it’s very unfair for some of the youngest kids who are the least susceptible, least likely to spread it, that they have the mitigation imposed on them more severely than a lot of adults do,” the governor added.

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