The prestigious journal “Scientific American” ambasted Ron DeSantis’ hostility to science, which endangers the people of Florida His retrograde ideology would endanger the entire nation. His combination of “cruelty, bigotry, and megalomania” will cause endless harm to the U.S. He refused all evidence that masks are safe & help prevent COVID, appointed a surgeon general who advised against vaccines, & continues to paint science and evidence as restrictions to the freedom of Floridians. has banned books in school libraries, restricted teachers’ classroom discussions about diversity, prohibited high school classes that focus on Black history and people, politicized college curricula, limited spending on diversity programs, ignored greenhouse gas reduction in climate change policy, diminished reproductive rights and outlawed transgender health care.