In Reply to: That's because your loser party closed schools, shut down... posted by Bru-n-fan on April 03, 2026 at 13:58:28
on a History test. States order the lock downs. And here are the Red States you Moron.
You might have brain overload and explode if you actually got an education.
Red states that issued statewide stay-at-home orders
Texas
Republican governor: Greg Abbott
Issued a statewide stay-at-home order in April 2020 (after earlier local restrictions)
Florida
Governor: Ron DeSantis
Implemented a statewide order in April 2020
Ohio
Governor: Mike DeWine
One of the earlier states to lock down (March 2020)
Louisiana
Governor: John Bel Edwards (Democrat, but the state votes red federally)
Issued a stay-at-home order in March 2020
Alabama
Governor: Kay Ivey
Stay-at-home order began April 2020
Oklahoma
Governor: Kevin Stitt
More limited, but still had a “Safer at Home” order
Arizona
Governor: Doug Ducey
Issued a stay-at-home order in late March 2020
Georgia
Governor: Brian Kemp
Statewide order began April 2020
Important nuance
These orders were often:
Shorter in duration than in blue states
Less strict or more loosely enforced
Many red states:
Reopened businesses earlier (spring–summer 2020)
Avoided reimposing lockdowns later on
Bottom line
Yes — many red states did “lock down”, especially at the start of the pandemic
The real difference wasn’t whether they locked down, but how long and how strict those measures were