Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis challenged a reporter about the contents of a bill going through his state’s Legislature.
During a press conference Monday, reporter Evan Donovan asked DeSantis if he supported HB 1557, referring to it as the legislation “that critics call the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill.”
JUST NOW: I asked @GovRonDeSantis if he supported HB 1557, the legislation critics call the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill.https://t.co/CGiooSrKYn @WFLA https://t.co/H34CGSj7BJ pic.twitter.com/C518l1QaC3
— Evan Donovan (@EvanDonovan) March 7, 2022
DeSantis cut the reporter’s question off to ask, “Does it say that in the bill?”
Donovan tried to ask again before DeSantis restated his question.
“I’m asking —,” Donovan said but could not finish.
“I’m asking you to tell me what’s in the bill, because you are pushing false narratives,” DeSantis said. “It doesn’t matter what critics say.”
The reporter responded that the bill “bans classroom instruction on sexual identity and gender orientation,” only to be further questioned by the Republican governor.
‘THIS IS FREE SPEECH’: MOTHER CHALLENGES REP. SHEILA JACKSON LEE IN CRT HEARING
“For who?” DeSantis asked. “For grades pre-K through three. So, 5-year-olds, 6-year-olds, 7-year-olds — and the idea that you wouldn’t be honest about that and tell people what it actually says, it’s why people don’t trust people like you because you peddle false narratives.”
Some people at the press conference began to clap and cheer.
“So we disabuse you of those narratives,” DeSantis continued. “And we’re going to make sure that parents are able to send their kid to kindergarten without having some of this stuff injected into their school curriculum.”
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
The legislation passed in Florida’s House of Representatives 69-47 and was placed on third reading in the State Senate Monday late afternoon.
