DeSantis: Criticism On Anti-LGBTQ Laws Are A “Stunt”

CBS News reports:

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the NAACP is pulling a “stunt” by calling Florida hostile to Black Americans, other minorities and LGBTQ+ people. In an interview with DeSantis, CBS asked if he would represent the entire country, and whether everyone could feel welcome in DeSantis’ America. “A hundred percent,” DeSantis responded. “And that is politics. That’s a stunt that they’re playing. They obviously have (a) very left wing agenda, which I don’t begrudge them that.”

Still, O’Donnell pointed out that because of DeSantis’ policies in the Sunshine State, some minorities and members of the LGBTQ community think he would discriminate against them. DeSantis said some of the blame for that lies with the media. DeSantis said it was the media who coined the phrase “Don’t Say Gay.” “The bill did not mention the word ‘gay,'” DeSantis said. “I never said that gay people wanted kindergartners to be told they can change their gender. That was the media that created that.”

Read the full article. DeSantis also dodged a question on whether he would appoint a Supreme Court justice who would vote to overturn same-sex marriage, merely saying that he doesn’t believe that Obergefell is at risk.

The NAACP issued a travel advisory in May that called Florida “openly hostile for African Americans, people of color, and LGBTQ individuals.” 2024 Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responded to the warning in a sit-down interview with @NorahODonnell. pic.twitter.com/kYFcKMRg1f

— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) September 13, 2023

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