Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Tuesday wrote a letter to President Biden over his “unfair and unscientific” denial of Novak Djokovic’s entry into the United States due to his vaccination status, urging the president to grant an exemption.
Tennis champion Novak Djokovic has been denied entry into the U.S. due to the vaccine mandate on foreign travelers coming into the country. While Djokovic affirmed last month that he had applied for an exemption, that did not come to fruition. Because of this, he would not be able to compete in the tennis tournaments in Miami and Mineral Wells.
Florida Sens. Rick Scott and Marco Rubio have already asked the Biden Administration to grant the waiver and allow him to compete in the U.S., but now, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is jumping into the fray.
BREAKING: We have been told that @DHSgov just denied @DjokerNole‘s vaccine waiver request, making him ineligible to compete in the US next week in CA & in the @MiamiOpen. @JoeBiden must…
