{"id":1875,"date":"2023-03-10T16:11:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T21:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1875"},"modified":"2023-03-10T16:11:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T21:11:17","slug":"desantis-floats-using-loophole-to-get-no-1-tennis-player-novak-djokovic-into-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1875","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Floats Using Loophole to Get No. 1 Tennis Player Novak Djokovic Into the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week, Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida, who is a Republican, wrote a letter to President Joe Biden, requesting him to grant entry to Novak Djokovic, the number one ranked tennis player in the world, so that he could participate in a tournament taking place in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite suffering a hamstring injury earlier this year, Djokovic persevered and went on to win the Australian Open, which is the first Grand Slam tournament of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a report by The New York Times, Djokovic&#8217;s issues arose following the recovery of his hamstring injury when his team realized that the upcoming crucial tournaments were scheduled in the United States, a country that restricts the entry of unvaccinated foreigners. As Djokovic has not received the COVID vaccine, he faced difficulty in participating in these tournaments. The report also highlighted that some medical experts who advocate vaccination have concluded that these restrictions are no longer required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to his unvaccinated status and the entry restrictions imposed by the United States, Djokovic had no choice but to withdraw from participating in two tournaments, one of which is currently taking place in Miami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe only thing keeping Novak Djokovic from participating in the Miami Open tennis tournament is President Biden\u2019s misguided and unscientific COVID-19 vaccination requirement for foreigner travelers,\u201d DeSantis tweeted. \u201cMr. President \u2013 lift your restrictions and let him compete.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The only thing keeping Novak Djokovic from participating in the Miami Open tennis tournament is President Biden\u2019s misguided and unscientific COVID-19 vaccination requirement for foreigner travelers.<br>\u00a0<br>Mr. President \u2013 lift your restrictions and let him compete. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fFyhNoUV4S\">pic.twitter.com\/fFyhNoUV4S<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1633233731514245121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In his letter, Governor DeSantis criticized the Biden administration&#8217;s decision to deny entry to Djokovic, stating that it was &#8220;unfair, unscientific, and unacceptable.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile Mr. Djokovic is surely a supreme competitive threat to his fellow tennis professionals, his presence in our country poses no meaningful health or public safety risk,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cI note that since the onset of COVID-19, Mr. Djokovic has visited the United States at least twice \u2014 including once during your presidency \u2014 without any apparent health incident.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, Governor DeSantis proposed a potential workaround to bypass the Biden administration&#8217;s regulations prohibiting unvaccinated foreign nationals from entering the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is also not clear to me why, even by the terms of your own proclamation, Mr. Djokovic could not legally enter this country via boat,\u201d DeSantis wrote. \u201cPlease confirm no later than Friday, March 10, 2023, that this method of travel into Florida would be permissible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DeSantis clarified in his letter that Biden&#8217;s prior declarations only imposed limitations on foreign nationals arriving in the U.S. via air travel and at &#8220;land ports of entry and ferry terminals at the U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada borders.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYour administration does not appear to have issued analogous restrictions for non-U.S. individuals seeking to enter our country by boat,\u201d DeSantis pointed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, DeSantis highlighted how the administration had violated its own guidelines by permitting &#8220;thousands of unvaccinated migrants to cross into our nation through the southern border.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailypatriotreport.com\/desantis-floats-using-loophole-to-get-no-1-tennis-player-novak-djokovic-into-the-united-states\/\">https:\/\/dailypatriotreport.com\/desantis-floats-using-loophole-to-get-no-1-tennis-player-novak-djokovic-into-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida, who is a Republican, wrote a letter to President Joe Biden, requesting him to grant entry to Novak Djokovic, the number one ranked tennis player in the world, so that he could participate in a tournament taking place in Florida. Despite suffering a hamstring injury earlier this year, Djokovic persevered and went on to win the Australian Open, which is the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. According to a report by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1876,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875\/revisions\/1876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}