Discover video-sourced quotes by politicians

Ron DeSantis: “We stopped [the coercion of MRNA vaccine shots] in Florida.”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

Gov. Ron DeSantis Holds Press Briefing To Announce Healthy Florida First Initiatives

Published January 9, 2026 | Video Starts at 05:54

So there was an agenda and a narrative that was really at play in a lot of this stuff. And I also think back about how they wanted to coerce MRNA vaccine shots. Now, We stopped [the coercion of MRNA vaccine shots] in Florida. They wanted to fire firefighters, they wanted to fire people from businesses, and we gave protection against that because, honestly, you had some people that had already recovered from COVID … (05:54)

CLAIM

Asserts that Florida stopped the coercion of MRNA vaccine shots.

This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.

Discover more from

Ron DeSantis

“We were the first state to require all schools to be open. Way back in the summer, 2020.”
Gov. Ron DeSantis Holds Press Briefing To Announce Healthy Florida First Initiatives | Uploaded January 9, 2026 | 04:52-04:58
“No team from the state of Florida had ever won even a single playoff game [since the College Football Playoff began].”
Gov. Ron DeSantis Holds Press Briefing To Announce Healthy Florida First Initiatives | Uploaded January 9, 2026 | 37:02-37:10
“We gave protection against [firing people from businesses for not taking MRNA vaccine shots].”
Gov. Ron DeSantis Holds Press Briefing To Announce Healthy Florida First Initiatives | Uploaded January 9, 2026 | 06:01-06:04
“The effectiveness of [MRNA vaccine shots]... you have people that are getting like, all these boosters, and they get Covid still.”
Gov. Ron DeSantis Holds Press Briefing To Announce Healthy Florida First Initiatives | Uploaded January 9, 2026 | 06:18-06:25
“HHS has, CDC have kind of reevaluated that and gotten those recommendations that I think are a little bit more manageable.”
Gov. Ron DeSantis Holds Press Briefing To Announce Healthy Florida First Initiatives | Uploaded January 9, 2026 | 07:03-07:12
“You had this girl, I think she was a teenager, and she needed a surgery, and she got rejected because she hadn't taken the flu and Covid…”
Gov. Ron DeSantis Holds Press Briefing To Announce Healthy Florida First Initiatives | Uploaded January 9, 2026 | 08:09-08:18
“There's some physicians that won't see patients if they don't do some of these things.”
Gov. Ron DeSantis Holds Press Briefing To Announce Healthy Florida First Initiatives | Uploaded January 9, 2026 | 08:22-08:26
“Joe and the first lady, they have done, and Lieutenant Governor, you know, have the commission and some of the things that they're doing is…”
Gov. Ron DeSantis Holds Press Briefing To Announce Healthy Florida First Initiatives | Uploaded January 9, 2026 | 09:41-09:53
“There's a lot of financial interests that are at stake in a lot of this stuff.”
Gov. Ron DeSantis Holds Press Briefing To Announce Healthy Florida First Initiatives | Uploaded January 9, 2026 | 09:57-10:02
“They're going to put the website out on this so that parents have the ability to look and to make these decisions.”
Gov. Ron DeSantis Holds Press Briefing To Announce Healthy Florida First Initiatives | Uploaded January 9, 2026 | 32:36-32:44
“First lady and Joe, to get this in a more transparent posture.”
Gov. Ron DeSantis Holds Press Briefing To Announce Healthy Florida First Initiatives | Uploaded January 9, 2026 | 32:58-33:03
“Miami now has an opportunity to actually play for the national championship in your home stadium in Hard Rock.”
Gov. Ron DeSantis Holds Press Briefing To Announce Healthy Florida First Initiatives | Uploaded January 9, 2026 | 37:33-37:43