Posted on 09/13/2023 4:50:25 PM PDT by Reno89519
Florida Gov. and presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis said the NAACP is pulling a "stunt" by calling Florida hostile to Black Americans, other minorities and LGBTQ+ people.
The NAACP has issued a warning that Florida is "openly hostile for African Americans, people of color, and LGBTQ individuals." In an interview with DeSantis, CBS Evening News ... Norah O'Donnell asked if ... 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. But in Florida, our unemployment rate amongst African Americans is way lower than New York, California and these blue states. We have more Black-owned businesses in Florida than any state in the United States."
"I have more African American students on scholarships for our school-choice program than any other state in the United States," DeSantis continued. "And so we've shown people can succeed in Florida regardless of their race, ethnicity, any of that."
"...we had the fight with Disney over the elementary education about, should you have things about sex and gender identity telling a second grader that their gender's fluid? We said, 'Absolutely not.' Parents in Florida agreed. And throughout — the country I think agreed with that."
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Asked when the right age is to talk about gender identity in schools, DeSantis didn't offer an age but said it's "unacceptable" a child could transition genders without parental consent.
"And here's the thing, are we doing so well as a country on math scores and reading scores and science?" DeSantis said. "Why don't we focus on those things? You know, that I think unites everybody regardless of their viewpoint."
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If DeSantis, somehow, became the GOP nominee, there would be a record black turnout that would vote 96% for Biden.
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