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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,956 posts)
Sun Jun 12, 2022, 02:30 PM Jun 2022

LGBTQ outrage over DeSantis visit to NYC during Pride Month

NEW YORK (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to appear before a friendly conference of conservative Jewish leaders in New York City on Sunday, despite efforts by gay rights advocates to get the event canceled.

LGBTQ groups, still raw over legislation barring instruction about sexual orientation to grade schoolers that DeSantis championed in his home state, are vowing to protest the Republican's appearance at the Jewish Leadership Conference.

Critics have derisively called it the “Don’t Say Gay” law.

New York State Sen. Brad Hoylman said it was “outrageous” that the governor was speaking during Pride Month and in an area not far from the birthplace of the gay rights movement in Manhattan’s West Village.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/lgbtq-outrage-over-desantis-visit-181555571.html

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LGBTQ outrage over DeSantis visit to NYC during Pride Month (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 OP
It's not "outrageous," it's part of RegeneRon's 2024 presidential primary strategy. sop Jun 2022 #1
Plus He really isn't very smart just snide and vindictive. The more exposure FloridaBlues Jun 2022 #2

sop

(10,167 posts)
1. It's not "outrageous," it's part of RegeneRon's 2024 presidential primary strategy.
Sun Jun 12, 2022, 02:57 PM
Jun 2022

That's all DeSantis has been doing since he got into office: burnishing his credentials as an extremist rightwing, racist, homophobic, authoritarian culture warrior. Hating on the LGBTQ community and passing new laws making their lives a waking nightmare will be a huge plank in every Republicans' campaign platform in '24.

FloridaBlues

(4,008 posts)
2. Plus He really isn't very smart just snide and vindictive. The more exposure
Sun Jun 12, 2022, 04:26 PM
Jun 2022

He has in coming months the more people will observe.

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