MILWAUKEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) swiped at Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention after his California counterpart put his signature on a bill prohibiting teachers from being required to advise parents if their child has changed their gender identity.

“Honestly, I wasn’t surprised. I’d assumed that they had already done that,” DeSantis told a Moms for Liberty town hall in Milwaukee on Tuesday. “I did this debate with him last fall, and he was trying to say that California respects parents’ rights. And I said that’s interesting because you have a policy where minor children from other states are allowed to travel to California behind their parents’ back and get gender transition hormones and surgery. How the heck is that respecting those parents’ rights?”