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The fact that businesses are still dealing with COVID-19 related penalties and fines is infuriating, livelihoods are on the line. In the previous administration, we saw our government shut down businesses, close our schools, and separate us from each other. While we can’t undo the damage done during the Northam administration, we are taking action going forward to end COVID-era draconian overreach. – Glenn Youngkin	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
But that did n’t stop CMS from jamming through the IFR’s draconian vaccine mandate. – The AGs	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Their flashy ads won’t give children years of their lives and education back, it won’t make Michigan families forget about their draconian lockdowns and closures, and it won’t stop voters from electing Tudor Dixon on Nov. 8th. – Taylor Budowich	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I will never stop fighting for our reproductive rights, while Kari Lake will uphold Arizona’s draconian abortion ban that will endanger women and imprison their doctors. – Katie Hobbs	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
There's no doubt in my mind that this draconian 1901 law will have dire consequences on the health and well-being of Arizona Superior Court women and their families, this cruel law effectively outlaws abortion in Arizona — with no exceptions for rape or incest — and risks women's fundamental freedom to make their own health care decisions. ... To make matters worse, this law mandates jail time for abortion providers. Medical professionals will now be forced to think twice and call their lawyer before providing patients with oftentimes necessary, lifesaving care. – Katie Hobbs	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Things are escalating in a very concerning way. And it was happening across the country, but we started to see very targeted, draconian anti-trans bills introduced into the Minnesota legislature. – Leigh Finke	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I have discussed it with President Trump and we can not move on, as all the other candidates up here have outlined, under the cover of Covid there were draconian changes made to our voting laws by Democratic leadership, and they have blocked appropriate reviews of some of those decisions. We have to be serious about what happened in 2020, and we won't be able to address that until we can really look under the hood. – Mehmet Oz	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Where is that leadership now? we will not bend to the will of the mob. We will continue to enforce our laws. We're in a bad spot right now because we're taking draconian actions, such as curfews, that impair businesses… the convenience of our residents. – Commissioner Ricky Arriola	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
He's silenced individuals who are raising their hands to help which you go to in medicine, and he's also taking a draconian approach to using the information that is available and proclaiming narratives that have not been based on science, and they were more closely aligned with what the political realities of the time were. – Mehmet Oz	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This has gone on long enough. There is no reason to keep The Capitol closed and to continue enforcing the draconian mask mandate, the Capitol belongs to the American people, and their right to come before Congress is not contingent on wearing a mask. No more excuses, reopen The Capitol and rescind the mandates so that we can return to normal. – Andy Biggs	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The issue with this appeal will not be the sentence itself. Under the law, the Court was not incorrect. However, the law, as written, is barbaric and Draconian, there needs to be a change in the law. – James Colgan	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We’re not seeing a lot of companies take a very draconian approach like simply cut travel because that impacts their bottom line, but we are seeing an increased ask for transparency so those travellers can make decisions. – Nora Lovell Marchant	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
He'll be able to do whatever he wants, and we all know there is going to be retribution, there is going to be revenge. I guarantee there will be draconian policies, and they're not going to care because they don't have to run for reelection again. – Stephanie Grisham	Found on CNN 2 years ago
They're pretty draconian, quite authoritarian measures, which would be unthinkable outside a pandemic. – George Williams	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Generally, narrower mandates are probably going to be stronger, legally, than broader mandates, and lesser punishments are going to hold better than more draconian or extreme punishments. – Dorit Reiss	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If you have any flicker of independent thought, if you have any desire to use your faculties to live in a way that is right for you and not to be under complete draconian, authoritarian rule by this administration and the Democrats, who are coming for every single one of our freedoms, they want you to wear masks forever, they want to be locked down forever, they want to control what you say and where you say it and who you say it to -- well, you're running out of time. And you're basically a frog in a slowly boiling pot. It's time to stand up and fight. – Dave Rubin	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The bottom line, enough is enough of what we've put up with here, she puts forth this draconian rule that says guests and our staff can be arrested for not wearing a mask. Are you kidding me? – Jody Hice	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The counter terror law is draconian. We see it is being used rampantly to jail peaceful critics without bail, it was for the courts to decide if Swamy was guilty, but in repeatedly stifling bail, the authorities chose not to protect. – Meenakshi Ganguly	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I personally think its dramatically draconian that a student could get potentially expelled for going to a party. Thats what college kids do. – Ron DeSantis	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We don't need to do the broad, draconian things we did three months ago, some of these more targeted, more surgical solutions seem to be much more appropriate. – Rachel Levine	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Many sectors of the eurozone economy have closed completely, and others are operating well below capacity, activity has fallen furthest in Italy and Spain because the restrictions there have been the most draconian. – Andrew Kenningham	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The last thing we want to see is individuals giving up because we ask too much of them, with a potential 18-month period ahead of us this is a less draconian and hopefully feasible form of social distancing and social isolation in groups about the size of a large extended family that prevent spread between these isolated groups. – Daniel Griffin	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I don't imagine that the degree of the draconian nature of what the Chinese did would ever be either feasible, applicable, doable or whatever you want to call it in the United States. – Anthony Fauci	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Instead of combating food insecurity for millions, connecting workers to good-paying jobs or addressing income inequality, the administration is inflicting their draconian rule on millions of Americans across the nation who face the highest barriers to employment and economic stability. – Nancy Pelosi	Found on FOX News 4 years ago

The fact that businesses are still dealing with COVID-19 related penalties and fines is infuriating, livelihoods are on the line. In the previous administration, we saw our government shut down businesses, close our schools, and separate us from each other. While we can’t undo the damage done during the Northam administration, we are taking action going forward to end COVID-era draconian overreach.

– Glenn Youngkin

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

But that did n’t stop CMS from jamming through the IFR’s draconian vaccine mandate.

– The AGs

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Their flashy ads won’t give children years of their lives and education back, it won’t make Michigan families forget about their draconian lockdowns and closures, and it won’t stop voters from electing Tudor Dixon on Nov. 8th.

– Taylor Budowich

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I will never stop fighting for our reproductive rights, while Kari Lake will uphold Arizona’s draconian abortion ban that will endanger women and imprison their doctors.

– Katie Hobbs

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

There's no doubt in my mind that this draconian 1901 law will have dire consequences on the health and well-being of Arizona Superior Court women and their families, this cruel law effectively outlaws abortion in Arizona — with no exceptions for rape or incest — and risks women's fundamental freedom to make their own health care decisions. ... To make matters worse, this law mandates jail time for abortion providers. Medical professionals will now be forced to think twice and call their lawyer before providing patients with oftentimes necessary, lifesaving care.

– Katie Hobbs

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Things are escalating in a very concerning way. And it was happening across the country, but we started to see very targeted, draconian anti-trans bills introduced into the Minnesota legislature.

– Leigh Finke

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I have discussed it with President Trump and we can not move on, as all the other candidates up here have outlined, under the cover of Covid there were draconian changes made to our voting laws by Democratic leadership, and they have blocked appropriate reviews of some of those decisions. We have to be serious about what happened in 2020, and we won't be able to address that until we can really look under the hood.

– Mehmet Oz

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Where is that leadership now? we will not bend to the will of the mob. We will continue to enforce our laws. We're in a bad spot right now because we're taking draconian actions, such as curfews, that impair businesses… the convenience of our residents.

– Commissioner Ricky Arriola

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He's silenced individuals who are raising their hands to help which you go to in medicine, and he's also taking a draconian approach to using the information that is available and proclaiming narratives that have not been based on science, and they were more closely aligned with what the political realities of the time were.

– Mehmet Oz

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This has gone on long enough. There is no reason to keep The Capitol closed and to continue enforcing the draconian mask mandate, the Capitol belongs to the American people, and their right to come before Congress is not contingent on wearing a mask. No more excuses, reopen The Capitol and rescind the mandates so that we can return to normal.

– Andy Biggs

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The issue with this appeal will not be the sentence itself. Under the law, the Court was not incorrect. However, the law, as written, is barbaric and Draconian, there needs to be a change in the law.

– James Colgan

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We’re not seeing a lot of companies take a very draconian approach like simply cut travel because that impacts their bottom line, but we are seeing an increased ask for transparency so those travellers can make decisions.

– Nora Lovell Marchant

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

He'll be able to do whatever he wants, and we all know there is going to be retribution, there is going to be revenge. I guarantee there will be draconian policies, and they're not going to care because they don't have to run for reelection again.

– Stephanie Grisham

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They're pretty draconian, quite authoritarian measures, which would be unthinkable outside a pandemic.

– George Williams

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Generally, narrower mandates are probably going to be stronger, legally, than broader mandates, and lesser punishments are going to hold better than more draconian or extreme punishments.

– Dorit Reiss

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If you have any flicker of independent thought, if you have any desire to use your faculties to live in a way that is right for you and not to be under complete draconian, authoritarian rule by this administration and the Democrats, who are coming for every single one of our freedoms, they want you to wear masks forever, they want to be locked down forever, they want to control what you say and where you say it and who you say it to -- well, you're running out of time. And you're basically a frog in a slowly boiling pot. It's time to stand up and fight.

– Dave Rubin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The bottom line, enough is enough of what we've put up with here, she puts forth this draconian rule that says guests and our staff can be arrested for not wearing a mask. Are you kidding me?

– Jody Hice

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The counter terror law is draconian. We see it is being used rampantly to jail peaceful critics without bail, it was for the courts to decide if Swamy was guilty, but in repeatedly stifling bail, the authorities chose not to protect.

– Meenakshi Ganguly

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I personally think its dramatically draconian that a student could get potentially expelled for going to a party. Thats what college kids do.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We don't need to do the broad, draconian things we did three months ago, some of these more targeted, more surgical solutions seem to be much more appropriate.

– Rachel Levine

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Many sectors of the eurozone economy have closed completely, and others are operating well below capacity, activity has fallen furthest in Italy and Spain because the restrictions there have been the most draconian.

– Andrew Kenningham

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The last thing we want to see is individuals giving up because we ask too much of them, with a potential 18-month period ahead of us this is a less draconian and hopefully feasible form of social distancing and social isolation in groups about the size of a large extended family that prevent spread between these isolated groups.

– Daniel Griffin

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I don't imagine that the degree of the draconian nature of what the Chinese did would ever be either feasible, applicable, doable or whatever you want to call it in the United States.

– Anthony Fauci

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Instead of combating food insecurity for millions, connecting workers to good-paying jobs or addressing income inequality, the administration is inflicting their draconian rule on millions of Americans across the nation who face the highest barriers to employment and economic stability.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

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