What’s Really Going On in That Totally Nuts Ron DeSantis LGBTQ+ Video

Ron DeSantis is betting that the GOP has more to gain from demonizing and destroying LGBTQ+ people than it ever did from courting them.

), all set to a thumping soundtrack. The effect is confusingly but unmistakably homoerotic, even as the video itself delights in a concerted campaign to erase queer life.The video appears to have been created by a DeSantis-promoting hard-right Twitter account called Proud Elephant.

But the tone of this video is what differentiates it from the typical messaging candidates use to set themselves apart from their opponents. It’s not claiming to be incensed by the struggles of everyday Americans. It’s not passionate about “taking our country back.” It’s gleeful about hate. It’s taunting. It’s a victory lap, but not of any accomplishment that has made people’s lives better; the video doesn’t mention anyone who has been helped by DeSantis’ legislation.

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