Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis started the Moms for Liberty convention Friday morning with a speech that hit on many of the culture war talking points he’s framed his presidential campaign around.
, saying, “We’re not teaching our kids to hate our country or to hate each other with your tax dollars.”
DeSantis is running the closest to Trump in the crowded battle for the GOP nomination. He has close ties to Moms for Liberty, which started in Florida. Attendees on Friday welcomed him warmly with several standing ovations and applause for declarations such as, “We have prohibited puberty blockers,” and, “We’re not doing the pronoun Olympics.”
She said DeSantis has a track record in “getting rid of this indoctrination, this wokeness,” and right now prefers him to Trump.Speeches inside the grand ballroom, which is decorated with imagery of the American flag and the preamble to the U.S. Constitution, continue this afternoon with former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and then Trump, who is slated to speak around 4 p.m.
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