PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. – Following a report that the White House is examining possibly U.S. travel restrictions to curb the growing number of COVID-19 variant cases, Gov.
Ron DeSantis lashed out at the idea saying it “would purely be a political attack against the people of Florida.” “Any attempt to restrict by the federal government would be an attack on our state done purely for political purposes,” DeSantis said Thursday at the start of a news conference in Port Charlotte.
The Miami Herald reported Wednesday the Biden administration is considering domestic travel restrictions as new variants, including the more contagious variant first identified in the United Kingdom, continue to surge.