TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday vowed to sue President Joe Biden’s administration over a mandate on businesses to vaccinate or test workers for COVID-19, but he also suggested the state might need to pass its own law to prevent businesses from imposing their own mandates.
“We are going to contest that immediately. We think the state of Florida has standing to do it and we also know businesses that we’re going to work with to contest it,” the Republican governor told reporters in Lee County. “I think the mandate is going lose in court.”
Biden last month said he would require businesses with more than 100 workers to require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine or show negative test results on a weekly basis. Also, health care facilities that receive funds through Medicare or Medicaid would also be required to have their workers vaccinated.
