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DeSantis says he will fine any cruise line requiring proof of vaccination

Fletch said:
Says who?
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Read the Forbes article:


“If the cruise lines, as private businesses, want to require a vaccine verification, I think that is something they should be allowed to do,” said Castrucci. “There is no inalienable constitutional right to cruise, so it should be within the cruise lines’ purview to make this decision.”

“You know, it's an unusual political stand for a Republican governor to limit what businesses can do,” Castrucci said. “Clearly, the governor has painted himself into a corner on this one.”


www.forbes.com

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Is Crafting A Cruise Line Exemption For His Vaccine Passport Ban

As the cruise industry prepares to jumpstart sailings out of Florida, the governor is looking for a way to save face.
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minnie616 said:
Read the Forbes article:


“If the cruise lines, as private businesses, want to require a vaccine verification, I think that is something they should be allowed to do,” said Castrucci. “There is no inalienable constitutional right to cruise, so it should be within the cruise lines’ purview to make this decision.”

“You know, it's an unusual political stand for a Republican governor to limit what businesses can do,” Castrucci said. “Clearly, the governor has painted himself into a corner on this one.”


www.forbes.com

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Is Crafting A Cruise Line Exemption For His Vaccine Passport Ban

As the cruise industry prepares to jumpstart sailings out of Florida, the governor is looking for a way to save face.
www.forbes.com www.forbes.com
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That doesnt say he cant do it, only that they think he shouldnt.
 
Fletch said:
I dont know. Governors seem to have the power to demand that entire industries close and/or obey his edicts or be subject to fines. How is this different?
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Ports are federal. It's likely one reason why the original states decided they needed a Federal government in the first place.
 
So what ever happened to Republicans saying government should not interfere in private business decisions?
 
Fletch said:
That doesnt say he cant do it, only that they think he shouldnt.
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If he tries to fine cruise lines that would be like cutting off his nose to spite his face.

That is about as stupid as he could get.

In a February survey of nearly 3,000 Cruise Critic readers, more than eight in 10 (81%) respondents said they would cruise if a vaccine were mandated prior to setting sail, and only 5% said that a vaccine requirement would deter them from cruising.
 
Helix said:
another day, another idiotic Republican clown who holds a powerful office doing something stupid.
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It’s not stupid if you believe freedom means freedom of the jungle and being completely ungovernable.
 
Callen said:
Who do you think wins? DeSantis and his desire to control businesses or will the cruise lines simply go elsewhere? DeSantis says if they leave, others will take their place. May be correct but looking at the long list of premiere cruise lines demanding proof of vaccination they will be replaced by second rate lines. Glad our preferred line, Oceania, is pushing back on this. I know I will never cruise again on any cruise ship that does not demand proof of vaccination. Will be interesting to watch

www.travelweekly.com

Florida to fine cruise lines that ask guests for proof of vaccine

Governor Ron DeSantis' office said Thursday that the CDC is pushing cruise lines to violate Florida state law.
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And I will avoid any cruise that stops anywhere in Florida. DeSantis and any governor like him are ridiculous. This crap has become way too political. Trump has ruined any chance of normal discourse in America.

DeSantis as a verifiable cult member and he's proud of it. What a jerk off !!!!
 
minnie616 said:
If he tries to fine cruise lines that would be like cutting off his nose to spite his face.

That is about as stupid as he could get.

In a February survey of nearly 3,000 Cruise Critic readers, more than eight in 10 (81%) respondents said they would cruise if a vaccine were mandated prior to setting sail, and only 5% said that a vaccine requirement would deter them from cruising.
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I suspect that as the Covid fear fever wears off, people will stop caring. But millions of Americans have had covid and dont need to be vaccinated. Perhaps the Cruise Lines should just require a recent covid test before boarding and not some ridiculous covid passport
 
j brown's body said:
Its like a vaccination tax, as they're paying the fine will be less costly than the business they are apt to lose by following the law.
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They don’t need to follow Florida law, Florida law end at the shoreline.. as they walk up the gangway they transition from Florida law to federal law.
 
Callen said:
Who do you think wins? DeSantis and his desire to control businesses or will the cruise lines simply go elsewhere? DeSantis says if they leave, others will take their place. May be correct but looking at the long list of premiere cruise lines demanding proof of vaccination they will be replaced by second rate lines. Glad our preferred line, Oceania, is pushing back on this. I know I will never cruise again on any cruise ship that does not demand proof of vaccination. Will be interesting to watch

www.travelweekly.com

Florida to fine cruise lines that ask guests for proof of vaccine

Governor Ron DeSantis' office said Thursday that the CDC is pushing cruise lines to violate Florida state law.
www.travelweekly.com www.travelweekly.com
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Why do southern politicians always look like the local casting from the "Deliverance" movie.
 
Fletch said:
I suspect that as the Covid fear fever wears off, people will stop caring. But millions of Americans have had covid and dont need to be vaccinated. Perhaps the Cruise Lines should just require a recent covid test before boarding and not some ridiculous covid passport
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Yep, there you go. I can't understand how anyone doesn't understand their marketing ploy; a redundant effort at lame, political correctness.
 
Fletch said:
He isnt attempting to regulate navigable waterways
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Do you think he can get a federal judge to believe that bullshit?

can he enact a law that passports are not required when boarding cruise lines departing from Florida? A first year law student could argue this case and win..
 
The AntiDonald said:
And I will avoid any cruise that stops anywhere in Florida. DeSantis and any governor like him are ridiculous. This crap has become way too political. Trump has ruined any chance of normal discourse in America.

DeSantis as a verifiable cult member and he's proud of it. What a jerk off !!!!
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Trump has destroyed your ability o make a rational and persuasive argument? Do you have links to something you wrote pre-Trump? Because it could be something that has nothing to do with Trump at all.
 
Fletch said:
But millions of Americans have had covid and dont need to be vaccinated. Perhaps the Cruise Lines should just require a recent covid test before boarding and not some ridiculous covid passport
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Yeah that works well! How much fun to be on that cruise. An outbreak on a ship at sea is not a good scene.

www.ctvnews.ca

COVID-19 scare unfolds aboard first Caribbean cruise since the pandemic began

A passenger on SeaDream Yacht Club's SeaDream 1 received a preliminary positive test result for COVID-19 on Wednesday, according to Gene Sloan, a senior reporter for cruise and travel at The Points Guy, who was aboard the ship.
www.ctvnews.ca www.ctvnews.ca
 
Callen said:
Who do you think wins? DeSantis and his desire to control businesses or will the cruise lines simply go elsewhere? DeSantis says if they leave, others will take their place. May be correct but looking at the long list of premiere cruise lines demanding proof of vaccination they will be replaced by second rate lines. Glad our preferred line, Oceania, is pushing back on this. I know I will never cruise again on any cruise ship that does not demand proof of vaccination. Will be interesting to watch

www.travelweekly.com

Florida to fine cruise lines that ask guests for proof of vaccine

Governor Ron DeSantis' office said Thursday that the CDC is pushing cruise lines to violate Florida state law.
www.travelweekly.com www.travelweekly.com
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Unfortunately, the cruise lines will likely convince the federal courts that the state doesn't have the right to regulate them (this would, of course, not be true if the state sought to enact some woke regulation, or even just a banal bureaucratic rule without ideological importance). I certainly hope DeSantis prevails.
 
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