Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday teased a permanent ban on coronavirus mandates — including vaccinations and masking — which he said the legislature will address in the upcoming legislative session.
Speaking during a press conference focusing on ending Disney’s self-governing status, DeSantis brought up the way the organization handled the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, including forcing young children to wear masks.
“And then as we got into 2021, you know, a lot of these Disney employees would come — they’d just see me at like Wawa or something and say, ‘Hey, I’m gonna lose my job at Disney because of the vax … mandates for COVID,’ and you know, that was not something that we thought was acceptable in the state of Florida,” he said, noting that they called a special session of the legislature and to provide legislation to “say you can’t lose your job based on not taking the shot,” he said to applause.