Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis defended a controversial clip shared by his campaign ripping Donald Trump for his past support of the LGBTQ community.
, an openly gay former Trump administration official who served as ambassador to Germany and acting director of national intelligence.
“Conservatives understand that we need to protect our kids, preserve women’s sports, safeguard women’s spaces and strengthen parental rights, but Ron DeSantis’ extreme rhetoric has just ventured into homophobic territory,” the Log Cabin Republicans, the largest group of gay GOPers,In the interview with Lahren, DeSantis underscored his efforts to protect women’s sports and children from the excesses of the transgender movement.
“We’ve been very clear on it, that we believe in protecting the rights of our girls and the rights of women athletes to be able to participate with fairness and with integrity,” he said. “And ultimately when you talk about some of the gender ideology that’s being unleashed in this country, in the state of Florida, we are fighting back against that.”DeSantis has cast himself as a conservative champion in the culture wars and courted blowback from the LGBTQ community in the past, including for signing Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act, which opponents dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
The law restricted classroom instruction in sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten through the third grade. The law was expanded to apply to all grades in April.
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