Has the Lee County, Florida GOP Passed a Proposal to Ban COVID-19 Vaccines?
The Lee County (Florida) Republican Party has passed a proposal aimed at banning the sale and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in Florida.
The Republican Party of Lee County (Florida) passed a resolution to send a proposal to the Florida Legislature, the Florida Attorney General and State Governor Ron DeSantis to restrict the sale and distribution of COVID-19 drugs. to ban vaccines in Florida, but the move was carried out with no legislative power.
On February 21, 2023, the Lee County, Florida GOP passed a resolution aimed at banning COVID-19 vaccines from the state and confiscating all remaining doses reported from Citizen of Lehigh Acres:
The Lee County Republican Party Executive Committee passed a “ban the jab” resolution Tuesday night, calling on the Florida Legislature to ban the COVID vaccine and on the Attorney General’s Office to confiscate all doses within the state.
The resolution, adopted by an oral vote of the committee members present as presented after the discussion, split broadly between two camps: whether banning the injections would be a violation of individual choice and the prevailing view – that a lack of informed consent is not consent.
The proposal, which first cites several false or misleading claims about the vaccines, includes this final resolution:
In the name of preserving humanity, the Lee County Republican Party is calling on Gov. DeSantis and the state legislature to ban the sale and distribution of Covid injections and all mRNA injections in the state of Florida and is urging the Attorney General to do so immediately do seize all covid injections and mRNA injections in the state of florida and have a forensic analysis done.
The resolution was submitted to Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Senate as a formal position of the Lee County GOP. Because this group has no legal power, like CBS News reported“DeSantis can just ignore it if he wants.”
Because the Lee County GOP passed this resolution, we still rate this claim as “true.”
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