Will Desantis go after parents who take their kids their kids to Hooters?
Meanwhile, LGBTQ advocates have expressed outrage at a state investigation into the bar, R House, after a video went viral in July, showing a partially dressed drag queen leading a young girl through a performance.
In a statement, a spokesman for the progressive group Equality Florida said that the governor has shown he’s willing to “weaponize” state government against the LGBTQ community “in his quest to incite right wing fervor.”
“Hooters is headquartered in Clearwater,” said Brandon Wolf, spokesman for the group. “Has an investigation begun into parents taking their children to ogle in a restaurant with a name based on a sexualized premise/double entendre?
What about bikini-clad gun show models? Will he police bathing suits on the beach? “Since DeSantis is replacing a parent’s judgment with his own, we will see how far the Governor’s puritanical purge is going to go or if it is merely selectively enforced,” Wolf added.
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