Florida Democrat Nikki Fried urges Ron DeSantis to issue statewide 'stay-at-home' order
Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried says it’s time for a statewide “stay-at-home” order.
Fried, Florida’s only statewide elected Democrat, called on Gov. Ron DeSantis to follow other large states and issue an executive order closing nonessential businesses and directing people to hunker down at home as best they can.
“I want to recognize the difficult choices the Governor has had to make in this public health crisis. No Governor in recent history would have expected to have to make a decision like California, New York, or Illinois have made in the past 72 hours,” Fried said in a prepared statement.
“Shutting down one of the nation’s largest states is a decision that will have an economic impact — but it is a decision that will save lives. Based on the data, we know we are a week behind California’s vast increase in COVID-19 cases. The individuals and businesses I’ve spoken with are growing more anxious by the day. As the nation’s third largest state, we need to go further, and we cannot afford to lose another week.”
Fried said an across-the-board order would be more effective than the current “piecemeal approach,” referring to the near daily escalation in closures and crowd-size limits.
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