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hotos provided by Jost to Newsweek, which were requested not to be published, showed multiple bruises on her legs, but Newsweek could not verify the source of the bruises.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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Just an assumption:
Waaa! The mean conservatives fought back!
James O’Keefe proved that Hillary hired union thugs to start fights at Trump rallies, which were eagerly reported by the media as caused by Trumpsters.
After the revelation, the rat-instigated fights stopped.
Oh, and Hillary’s point of union contact was Robert Creamer, a convicted felon who was/is married to a Chicago rat congresswoman.
What Hillary did, hiring hit men, was felonious. I can’t believe the Trumpsters injured in the fights didn’t file lawsuits against the Hillary campaign.
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