Posted on 07/19/2023 4:04:41 PM PDT by Golden Eagle
LGBTQ+ protestors who recently attended a Ron DeSantis presidential event claim they were physically abused by staff and attendees for holding up a rainbow flag during the speech.
The governor has been viewed by many as the Republicans' culture war candidate, due to various anti-LGBTQ legislation pertaining to K-12 education, book bans and his public spats with Disney that have resulted in litigation.
Protesting turning into violence is not entirely uncommon at campaign events. One protester was purportedly punched and kicked at a Donald Trump rally in 2016 before being escorted out, according to NBC News. However, research by the U.S. Crisis Monitor showed a higher rate of violence and instability leading up to the 2020 election, due to the infancy of the COVID-19 health crisis, the death of George Floyd, and Black Lives Matter protests.
hotos provided by Jost to Newsweek, which were requested not to be published, showed multiple bruises on her legs, but Newsweek could not verify the source of the bruises.
Some of those people grabbing at the rainbow flag were Moms for Liberty members, according to media outlet Florida Politics, who are staunch conservatives and quoted Hitler's in a newsletter, which was then altered after receiving complaints.
Once DeSantis became aware of what was happening, he reportedly injected the culture wars and "woke ideology."
"We don't want you indoctrinating our children!" DeSantis shouted, according to The Post and Courier, as attendees stood and raucously cheered.
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The Dumbos need to hang up the Yoga and try a little Kung Fu. Yoga will just get your ass kicked.
Waaaaaaa...
Tell them to go home to mama and cry..
Good
Meh, that’s a shame.
Sure they were.
It is NOT a flag...
Maybe taking the “Pride flags” was just taking back the rainbow. They are debasing and abusing the true meaning of what a rainbow really stands for.
And it ain’t Jesse Jackson.
Bless their little hearts
I doubt it.
Mebbe they shouldn’t have poked the bear.
Just sayin’
Pushed to the ground and kicked? Is that all?
“One protester was purportedly punched and kicked at a Donald Trump rally in 2016....”
Really? 7 years ago? And this is reported as “today’s news”? Based on what? The faygala’s claim and that it?
Trumpians are famously polite and inclusive of all like minded people - because skin color is irrelevant, duh - and even invite and welcome the terribly uninformed and weak minded lefties whenever they reveal themselves.
Lefty liars, all of them.
A heart-warming story...
You’ve had your turn on the soap box, time to step down and stop waving the “ Kick my a$$, please” flag.. just Go Home.
Well, at least they weren’t mowed down like Trump supporters.
Reichstag Fire.
So, this is the violence perpetrated by those “evil” Conservatives, yet they completely ignore the brutal violence of the left, directed at Conservatives, including murder, assault, shootings, firebombings, assaults with vehicles, fire bombings, explosives.
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