Joe Gruters
Peter Scorsch hunkers down with Sen. Joe Gruters to talk coronavirus taxes, social distancing, the 2020 election cycle and Kenny Rogers. Gruters shares an optimistic view of Florida’s response to the spreading virus so far, noting the state’s resiliency and the Governor’s “soothing” messaging. He also revels in the ability for people shifting away from partisanship in favor of coming together for the common good. Gruters makes some salient, yet controversial remarks on a potential, and possibly inevitable, stay at home order in which he points out such an order might not be realistic. Gruters himself has his children in a summer camp-like program as he and his wife continue to work. And in a shock for anyone who knows him, Gruters shares his social distancing reading material: how to shift to a plant-based diet. Gruters chuckles as he explains, even his wife said there’s no way that’s for him.