At a news conference Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis expressed irritation that a group of high school students standing behind him were wearing masks and urged them to remove the face coverings.⁠ ⁠ Before taking the lectern at the University of South Florida, where he announced a $20 million state investment in cybersecurity workforce education, DeSantis asked why people wearing masks were standing behind him.⁠ ⁠ Then he approached the students, who are studying cybersecurity in high school.⁠ ⁠ “You don’t have to wear those masks,” DeSantis said. “Please take them off.”⁠ ⁠ Some of the students laughed. ⁠ ⁠ DeSantis appeared to remain annoyed. ⁠ ⁠ “Honestly, this is not doing anything,” he said. “We got to stop with this COVID theater.” The students didn’t respond. “So if you want to wear it, fine, but this is ridiculous,” the governor said before turning around and sighing.⁠ ⁠ Two students took their masks off, but three left them on.⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in our bio to read the full report.⁠ ⁠...