florida the freest state in these united states. [ applause ] florida has stood as freedoms van guard. florida is a free state. florida has stood strong as the rock of freedom. freedom works. our rock of freedom and be thankful that god has blessed us to live and serve in america s liberty out post the free state of florida. ron desantis sure loves to talk about freedom. especially the kind that risks the health of people in his own state who essentially have been part of a giant natural herd immunity experiment for the past two years whether they want to be or not. he used his state of the state address to brag how he hadn t implemented life saving covid restrictions ignoring florida s skyrocketing covid-19 cases and historic death count as if more covid was always the goal and only getting worse. the new report states that 80%