Gov. Ron DeSantis, an honorary co-chair of the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games, successfully strong-armed the event into dropping its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. DeSantis threatened organizers with $27.5M in fines for 5,500 alleged violations of Florida state law that prohibit proof of vaccine requirements. The very same week, DeSantis also blocked $35 million in funding for a Tampa Bay Rays training facility ‘partly because the baseball team spoke out against gun violence,’ according to CNN. | No