1 00:00:12,879 --> 00:00:14,280 >>> MY BODY, MY CHOICE. 2 00:00:14,381 --> 00:00:15,749 >> IT'S MY BODY, MY CHOICE. 3 00:00:15,849 --> 00:00:17,083 >> MY BODY. 4 00:00:17,183 --> 00:00:21,154 >> UNITED WE'LL NEVER BE  DEFEATED. 5 00:00:21,254 --> 00:00:33,433 >> WE GOT PRIDE, YES WE DO.  WE GOT PRIDE, HOW ABOUT YOU? 6 00:00:35,568 --> 00:00:38,905 >> RON DeSANTIS IS ALWAYS ON  ABOUT HOW FLORIDA IS THE FREE 7 00:00:39,005 --> 00:00:41,708 STATE IN THE COUNTRY.  BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK HIM 8 00:00:41,808 --> 00:00:46,179 THE FREEST STATE FOR WHO  EXACTLY. 9 00:00:46,279 --> 00:00:48,381 >> FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS  LEANING INTO CULTURE WARS. 10 00:00:48,481 --> 00:00:52,185 >> THE GOVERNOR TODAY SIGNED A  CONTENTIOUS BILL THAT RESTRICTS 11 00:00:52,285 --> 00:00:56,022 TEACHING ABOUT GENDER IDENTITY  AND SEXUALITY IN ELEMENTARY 12 00:00:56,122 --> 00:00:56,656 SCHOOLS. 13 00:00:57,323 --> 00:00:59,359 >> WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT  PARENTS CAN SEND THEIR KIDS TO 14 00:00:59,459 --> 00:01:04,164 SCHOOL TO GET AN EDUCATION, NOT  AN INDOCTRINATION. 15 00:01:04,264 --> 00:01:09,002 >> THIS IS ABOUT OSTRACIZING,  SHAMING LGBTQ KIDS. 16 00:01:09,102 --> 00:01:11,871 >> THE SO-CALLED HAPPIEST PLACE  ON EARTH PLUNGING INTO THE 17 00:01:11,971 --> 00:01:13,206 MIDDLE OF A CULTURE WAR. 18 00:01:13,306 --> 00:01:17,610 >> DISNEY SAYS ITS GOAL IS TO  GET THE SO-CALLED "DON'T SAY 19 00:01:17,710 --> 00:01:18,978 GAY" BILL REPEALED. 20 00:01:19,079 --> 00:01:21,214 >> WE LOVE WALT DISNEY, NOT WOKE  DISNEY. 21 00:01:21,314 --> 00:01:23,249 >> ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE NOT  FOCUSING ON SOLVING THE REAL 22 00:01:23,349 --> 00:01:25,685 ISSUES OF FLORIDIANS. 23 00:01:25,785 --> 00:01:31,658 >> THE STOP WOKE ACT CODIFIES  FLORIDA'S CURRENT BAN ON CRT 24 00:01:31,758 --> 00:01:32,459 CURRICULUM. 25 00:01:33,059 --> 00:01:36,296 >> NO TAXPAYER DOLLARS SHOULD BE  USED TO TEACH OUR KIDS TO HATE 26 00:01:36,396 --> 00:01:37,163 OUR COUNTRY. 27 00:01:37,564 --> 00:01:39,632 >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BLACK  HISTORY, WHICH IS AMERICAN 28 00:01:39,732 --> 00:01:40,233 HISTORY. 29 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,670 >> FLORIDA IS AT THE EPICENTER  OF THE ESCALATING BATTLE OVER 30 00:01:43,770 --> 00:01:44,704 ABORTION RIGHTS. 31 00:01:45,105 --> 00:01:48,408 >> GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS SIGNING  A 15-WEEK ABORTION BAN INTO LAW 32 00:01:48,508 --> 00:01:51,544 WITHOUT EXEMPTIONS FOR RAPE,  INCEST OR HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 33 00:01:51,644 --> 00:01:53,713 >> IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE GOING  BACKWARDS. 34 00:01:53,813 --> 00:01:57,117 >> THIS IS THE BLUEPRINT FOR THE  GOP MOVING FORWARD. 35 00:01:57,217 --> 00:01:59,586 WHICH THE SOLE PURPOSE OF  RALLYING THE BASE GOING INTO THE 36 00:01:59,686 --> 00:02:00,353 MIDTERMS. 37 00:02:00,954 --> 00:02:03,890 >> FLORIDA CAN DETERMINE WHO  CONTROLS THE U.S. HOW MANY TIMES 38 00:02:03,990 --> 00:02:05,191 CONTROLS THE U.S. HOW MA S THE  CONTROLS THE U.S. HOW MA S S THE 39 00:02:05,291 --> 00:02:06,493 CONTROLS THE U.S. HOW MA S S SE  CONTROLS THE U.S. HOW MA S SS TE 40 00:02:06,593 --> 00:02:06,960 CONTROLS THE U.S. HOW MA S SS SE  CONTROLS THE U.S. HOW MA S SS T 41 00:02:07,060 --> 00:02:07,861 REPRESENTATIVES. 42 00:02:08,294 --> 00:02:09,596 >> IS RON DeSANTIS CREATING THE  REPUBLICAN PARTY OF 2024? 43 00:02:09,696 --> 00:02:16,603 >> HERE I STAND.  I'M NOT BACKING DOWN. 44 00:02:57,143 --> 00:02:57,877 >> UH-OH. 45 00:02:57,977 --> 00:02:58,545 >> A FEAR. 46 00:02:58,645 --> 00:03:00,346 >> OH MY GOD. 47 00:03:00,446 --> 00:03:00,914 >> AH. 48 00:03:01,014 --> 00:03:01,814 >> HERE SHE IS. 49 00:03:01,915 --> 00:03:05,451 >> YOU SHOULD SEE THE OTHER GUY. 50 00:03:05,552 --> 00:03:09,122 >> I MEAN, YOU'RE LIKE TINY TIM. 51 00:03:09,222 --> 00:03:10,823 >> DID COVID CAUSE YOUR FOOT TO  SWELL UP? 52 00:03:10,924 --> 00:03:13,760 >> THIS IS A COMPLETELY  UNRELATED INJURY. 53 00:03:13,860 --> 00:03:14,260 >> OH! 54 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:14,694 >> HERE IT COMES. 55 00:03:14,794 --> 00:03:17,063 >> OH MY GOD. 56 00:03:17,163 --> 00:03:21,734 >> I WANT ALL OF YOURS AND MINE. 57 00:03:21,834 --> 00:03:23,870 >> THAT'S AMAZING. 58 00:03:23,970 --> 00:03:25,104 >> LET THE ROUND TABLE BEGIN. 59 00:03:25,205 --> 00:03:29,275 >> I LIKE THAT. 60 00:03:29,375 --> 00:03:31,344 >> LAST EPISODE ABOUT TO GO  AWAY. 61 00:03:31,444 --> 00:03:34,247 THERE IS A LOT OF SHIT THAT IS  GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE MONTHS 62 00:03:34,347 --> 00:03:36,249 WHEN WE'RE OFF THE AIR.  BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT'S 63 00:03:36,349 --> 00:03:39,552 GOING TO DEFINE OUR POLITICS IN  THESE MIDTERMS, REPUBLICANS FOR 64 00:03:39,652 --> 00:03:42,789 WHATEVER REASON HAVE DECIDED  THAT IN 2022, LIKE THE ECONOMY 65 00:03:42,889 --> 00:03:46,025 IS NOT ENOUGH.  JOE BIDEN'S 39% APPROVAL RATING 66 00:03:46,125 --> 00:03:47,627 IS NOT ENOUGH.  COVID IS NOT ENOUGH. 67 00:03:47,727 --> 00:03:53,766 THEY DECIDED THE WAY TO WIN IN  THESE MIDTERMS IS TO WAGE AN 68 00:03:53,866 --> 00:03:55,068 OVER-THE-TOP CULTURE WAR. 69 00:03:55,168 --> 00:04:01,007 >> THERE IS STUFF LIKE CRITICAL  RACE THEORY, ABORTION AND TRANS 70 00:04:01,107 --> 00:04:03,543 RIGHTS AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN  IT'S OPENED UP INTO THIS INSANE 71 00:04:03,643 --> 00:04:04,777 EXPLOSIVE DEBATE. 72 00:04:04,877 --> 00:04:07,413 >> AND, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE  ARRAY OF CULTURE WAR ISSUES ARE 73 00:04:07,513 --> 00:04:09,282 IN PLAY ON THE BATTLEFIELD IN  FLORIDA. 74 00:04:09,382 --> 00:04:11,084 YOU CAN POINT YOUR FINGER AT THE  REASON WHY. 75 00:04:11,184 --> 00:04:14,254 >> RON DeSANTIS. 76 00:04:14,354 --> 00:04:16,889 >> RON DeSANTIS, THE GOVERNOR OF  FLORIDA, UP FOR REELECTION THIS 77 00:04:16,990 --> 00:04:21,027 YEAR IN 2022, WHICH IF HE WINS,  HE IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO RUN FOR 78 00:04:21,127 --> 00:04:21,694 PRESIDENT. 79 00:04:22,362 --> 00:04:26,132 >> DONALD TRUMP MAY BE THE 800  POUND GORILLA IN REPUBLICAN 80 00:04:26,232 --> 00:04:27,533 POLITICS, BUT RIGHT BEHIND HIM  IS RON DeSANTIS. 81 00:04:27,634 --> 00:04:29,936 THERE IS A REASON.  HE'S GOT LIKE A LABORATORY DOWN 82 00:04:30,036 --> 00:04:33,172 IN FLORIDA WHERE HE IS CREATING  ALL THESE BILLS, TESTING THE 83 00:04:33,273 --> 00:04:36,342 LIMITS OF THE CULTURE WARS ON  ALL THE ISSUES WE'RE TALKING 84 00:04:36,442 --> 00:04:36,876 ABOUT. 85 00:04:37,677 --> 00:04:41,114 >> THE HEADLINE ISSUE HAS BEEN  THE BIG DEBATE OVER AND THEN 86 00:04:41,214 --> 00:04:45,485 PASSAGE OF THE PARENTAL RIGHTS  IN EDUCATION LAW, CALLED "DON'T 87 00:04:45,585 --> 00:04:46,853 SAY GAY" BY ITS OPPONENTS. 88 00:04:46,953 --> 00:04:49,155 >> THE KEY WORD IS "PARENT." 89 00:04:49,255 --> 00:04:50,757 >> WHO IS AGAINST PARENTAL  RIGHTS? 90 00:04:50,857 --> 00:04:53,192 >> EXACTLY.  AND THIS BILL PROHIBITS ANY KIND 91 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:57,630 OF DISCUSSION ABOUT LGBTQ ISSUES  IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 92 00:04:57,730 --> 00:04:59,766 THIRD.  PROGRESSIVES ARE SAYING THIS IS 93 00:04:59,866 --> 00:05:03,670 A RIDICULOUS LAW.  IT'S GOING TO COMPLICATE REALLY 94 00:05:03,770 --> 00:05:08,408 BENIGN ISSUES IN SCHOOL.  AND ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE IS 95 00:05:08,508 --> 00:05:10,276 A REALLY FIRED UP CONSERVATIVE  SIDE. 96 00:05:10,376 --> 00:05:15,248 >> SO RON DeSANTIS'S PRESS  SECRETARY SAID THAT IF YOU POSE 97 00:05:15,348 --> 00:05:17,417 THIS BILL, YOU MAY BE A GROOMER  YOURSELF OR THAT YOU TOLERATE 98 00:05:17,517 --> 00:05:18,685 THIS. 99 00:05:18,785 --> 00:05:19,686 >> THEY'RE SAYING IF YOU TALK  ABOUT ALL THIS GAY STUFF IN THE 100 00:05:19,786 --> 00:05:24,791 CLASSROOM, YOU ARE  INDOCTRINATING OUR CHILDREN 101 00:05:24,891 --> 00:05:27,994 WHERE THEY'RE EFFECTIVELY BEING  GROOMED FOR A LIFE OF SEXUAL 102 00:05:28,094 --> 00:05:30,263 DEPRAVITY AND PEDOPHILIA. 103 00:05:30,363 --> 00:05:32,598 >> SO IT'S BEEN REALLY  CONTROVERSIAL, AND IT'S PUT A 104 00:05:32,699 --> 00:05:34,200 LOT OF PRESSURE ON BIG BUSINESS  LEADERS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA 105 00:05:34,300 --> 00:05:38,871 TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 106 00:05:38,971 --> 00:05:41,708 >> THE NEW CEO OF DISNEY SAID WE  ARE STAYING OUT OF THESE 107 00:05:41,808 --> 00:05:45,211 POLITICAL SQUABBLES.  WE WANT TO BE APOLITICAL. 108 00:05:45,311 --> 00:05:46,479 AND HIS EMPLOYEES WERE FUCK NO,  MAN, THIS BILL IS EVIL AND YOU 109 00:05:46,579 --> 00:05:49,515 HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 110 00:05:49,615 --> 00:05:52,251 >> THEY'RE NOT MAKING ANYBODY  HAPPY. 111 00:05:52,352 --> 00:05:54,120 THEY WAIT UNTIL THE BILL HAD  ACTUALLY PASSED. 112 00:05:54,220 --> 00:05:56,989 THEY PISSED OFF THEIR EMPLOYEES  BY COMING IN LATE. 113 00:05:57,090 --> 00:05:59,192 AND THEN THEY IGNITED THIS BIG  FIGHT. 114 00:05:59,292 --> 00:06:02,061 >> THEN BY DIVING INTO THE  BATTLE BECOME A TARGET FOR THE 115 00:06:02,161 --> 00:06:02,595 RIGHT. 116 00:06:03,296 --> 00:06:03,730 >> THIS WOKENESS WILL DESTROY  THIS COUNTRY WE LET IT 117 00:06:03,830 --> 00:06:06,499 REPUBLICAN UNABATED. 118 00:06:06,599 --> 00:06:09,102 >> AND DeSANTIS CONTINUES TO  BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF DISNEY ON A 119 00:06:09,202 --> 00:06:12,338 DAILY BASIS. 120 00:06:12,438 --> 00:06:14,607 >> YOU KNOW REPUBLICANS ARE  FEELING EMBOLDENEDS WHEN THEY 121 00:06:14,707 --> 00:06:15,241 CAN GO AFTER DISNEY. 122 00:06:15,341 --> 00:06:16,709 >> YES. 123 00:06:16,809 --> 00:06:17,877 >> AND THEN YOU GOT CRT. 124 00:06:18,144 --> 00:06:18,945 >> THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION  VOTED TO BAN CRT IN SCHOOLS LAST 125 00:06:19,045 --> 00:06:22,448 JUN.  AND ON FRIDAY FLORIDA'S STATE 126 00:06:22,548 --> 00:06:29,088 DEPARTMENT REJECTED 5 FOUR MATH  BOOKS, CLAIMING CRITICAL RACE 127 00:06:29,188 --> 00:06:30,590 THEORY APPEARED IN SOME OF THEM. 128 00:06:30,690 --> 00:06:32,258 >> THAT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH.  THERE IS STILL THE STOP WOKE 129 00:06:32,358 --> 00:06:33,226 ACT.  THINKING LAW ALLOWS PARENTS TO 130 00:06:33,326 --> 00:06:33,793 SUE SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES. 131 00:06:33,893 --> 00:06:34,827 >> AND TEACHERS. 132 00:06:34,927 --> 00:06:36,562 >> ON THE BASIS OF STUDENT  DISCOMFORT. 133 00:06:36,662 --> 00:06:40,233 >> YEAH.  IT'S ALL VERY CATHARTIC I THINK 134 00:06:40,333 --> 00:06:42,301 FOR A RIGHT WING THAT HAS FELT  PUNISHED AND MARGINALIZED FOR 135 00:06:42,402 --> 00:06:46,439 YEARS. 136 00:06:46,539 --> 00:06:49,809 >> FLORIDA IS GOING TO BE A  PRETTY GOOD TEST OF THE APPEAL 137 00:06:49,909 --> 00:06:52,512 OF THESE ISSUES ACROSS THE  COUNTRY. 138 00:06:52,612 --> 00:06:55,114 RON DeSANTIS IS FUCKING POPULAR  RIGHT NOW. 139 00:06:55,214 --> 00:07:00,586 HE HAS A 55% APPROVAL RATING.  IF DeSANTIS WINS IN THESE ISSUES 140 00:07:00,686 --> 00:07:02,889 RUNNING IN 2022, THIS IS WHAT HE  IS GOING TO TAKE. 141 00:07:02,989 --> 00:07:06,259 THIS IS HOW YOU WIN IN FLORIDA  AND OHIO AND WISCONSIN AND 142 00:07:06,359 --> 00:07:07,693 MICHIGAN.  FLORIDA IS STILL THE MOST 143 00:07:07,794 --> 00:07:10,596 IMPORTANT STATE IN OUR COUNTRY  WHEN IT COMES TO PRESIDENTIAL 144 00:07:10,696 --> 00:07:11,397 POLITICS. 145 00:07:11,964 --> 00:07:14,801 >> WHEN IT COMES TO CULTURAL  WARS, FLORIDA IS THE TIP OF THE 146 00:07:14,901 --> 00:07:15,368 SPEAR. 147 00:07:15,768 --> 00:07:23,943 >> THEY CALL IT GOD'S WAITING  ROOM. 148 00:07:28,581 --> 00:07:32,485 >> WE'RE IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA ON  THE PICTURESQUE ISLAND OF 149 00:07:32,585 --> 00:07:34,187 SANIBEL.  AND WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH 150 00:07:34,287 --> 00:07:36,322 CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE  BYRON DONALDS. 151 00:07:36,422 --> 00:07:40,660 DONALD SERIES A FRESHMAN, BUT  THAT HAS NOT STOPPED HIM FROM 152 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:43,362 AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING THESE  CULTURAL BATTLES. 153 00:07:43,463 --> 00:07:47,467 >> WHAT THE REPUBLIC REQUIRES IS  A ROBUST DEBATE ON ALL THE 154 00:07:47,567 --> 00:07:50,603 ISSUES AND ALL THE IDEAS AND ALL  THE POLICIES, BECAUSE IT IS 155 00:07:50,703 --> 00:07:53,539 THROUGH DEBATE THAT WE FORGE A  MORE PERFECT UNION. 156 00:07:53,639 --> 00:07:58,211 THE LAST THING I WANT IS A  MONOLITHIC THOUGHT PROCESS 157 00:07:58,311 --> 00:08:00,813 GOVERNING THE UNITED STATES OF  AMERICA. 158 00:08:02,114 --> 00:08:07,887 >> TODAY THE GOVERNOR WAS  TALKING ABOUT THESE 41% OF MATH 159 00:08:07,987 --> 00:08:10,656 TEXTBOOKS ARE BEING EFFECTIVELY  REJECTED BY THE BOARD OF 160 00:08:10,756 --> 00:08:11,324 EDUCATION. 161 00:08:11,591 --> 00:08:14,060 >> THEY ARE TRYING TO DO  IDEOLOGY. 162 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,462 AND THAT'S JUST NOT WHAT  EDUCATION'S ALL ABOUT. 163 00:08:16,562 --> 00:08:19,732 >> WHY IS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION  REJECTS THESE BOOKS? 164 00:08:19,832 --> 00:08:23,569 >> WHY ARE WE HAVING  CONVERSATIONS DEALING WITH 165 00:08:23,669 --> 00:08:27,907 SOCIAL EQUITY OR CLIMATE CHANGE  MELDED INTO A WORD PROBLEM IN K 166 00:08:28,007 --> 00:08:31,444 THROUGH 5 MATH?  IF THE PURPOSE IS TEACHING MATH, 167 00:08:31,544 --> 00:08:36,048 THEN HAVE IT BE ALICE HAS TWO  APPLES, JIMMY HAS 3. 168 00:08:36,148 --> 00:08:38,818 IF JIMMY EATS TWO, HOW MANY ARE  LEFT? 169 00:08:38,918 --> 00:08:40,820 THAT'S HOW IT'S ALWAYS BEEN IN  OUR TEXTBOOKS. 170 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,256 WE DO NOT WANT POLITICAL  INDOCTRINATION IN MATERIALS. 171 00:08:43,356 --> 00:08:45,925 >> YOU USE THE WORD  "INDOCTRINATION." 172 00:08:46,025 --> 00:08:46,692 >> YES. 173 00:08:46,792 --> 00:08:47,894 >> EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THAT  MEANS. 174 00:08:47,994 --> 00:08:51,264 >> I WAS TALKING TO HIGH SCHOOL  STUDENTS, AND THEY HAD A 175 00:08:51,364 --> 00:08:52,198 MACROECONOMICS TEXTBOOK ON THE  TABLE. 176 00:08:52,298 --> 00:08:52,832 >> YEAH. 177 00:08:53,466 --> 00:08:57,603 >> AND IT WAS BASICALLY A  COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN 178 00:08:57,703 --> 00:09:00,840 CAPITALISM AND COMMUNISM.  IT PUT CAPITALISM AND COMMUNISM 179 00:09:00,940 --> 00:09:03,175 ON THE SAME FIELD, AS IF THEY'RE  EQUALS. 180 00:09:03,276 --> 00:09:06,145 THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION  IS TO ACTUALLY CONTINUE TO 181 00:09:06,245 --> 00:09:09,982 PROMOTE THE IDEALS THAT HAVE  MADE AMERICA THE GREATEST NATION 182 00:09:10,082 --> 00:09:11,050 IN THE WORLD.  DO. 183 00:09:11,317 --> 00:09:14,387 >> YOU THINK BY INCLUDING  COMMUNISM IN THE LESSON, YOU'RE 184 00:09:14,487 --> 00:09:15,421 ENCOURAGING KIDS TO BE  COMMUNIST? 185 00:09:15,521 --> 00:09:17,690 IS THAT?  I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT 186 00:09:17,790 --> 00:09:18,925 THE INDOCTRINATION PART OF THIS  IS. 187 00:09:19,025 --> 00:09:22,361 >> THAT TELLS THE READER THAT  OH, MAYBE THIS ONE IS JUST AS 188 00:09:22,461 --> 00:09:24,630 GOOD AS THAT ONE.  THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE. 189 00:09:24,730 --> 00:09:27,066 >> OTHER PIECE OF THIS, THE STOP  WOKE ACT. 190 00:09:27,166 --> 00:09:31,203 WHERE DO YOU STAND ON THIS  NOTION OF NOT TALKING ABOUT RACE 191 00:09:31,304 --> 00:09:34,407 IN A WAY THAT GIVES PEOPLE  DISCOMFORT IN CLASSROOMS? 192 00:09:34,507 --> 00:09:39,211 >> SO YOU CAN HAVE THE  HISTORICAL DISCUSSION OF BLACK 193 00:09:39,312 --> 00:09:42,782 AMERICANS, THE CONTRIBUTIONS,  THE PITFALLS, THE PERILS, THE 194 00:09:42,882 --> 00:09:45,685 TRAGEDIES.  WHAT YOU CAN'T DO IS PUT IN 195 00:09:45,785 --> 00:09:49,288 SUBJECTIVE VIEWPOINTS ABOUT WHAT  ARE THE CAUSES OF THIS AND WHAT 196 00:09:49,388 --> 00:09:52,825 HAVE BEEN THE OUTCOMES OF IT ON  AMERICAN SOCIETY TODAY. 197 00:09:52,925 --> 00:09:56,195 >> THE BILL ISN'T ABOUT TEACHING  SUBJECTIVE LESSONS. 198 00:09:56,295 --> 00:10:01,133 THE BILL IS ABOUT TEACHING  HISTORY IN A WAY THAT MAKES 199 00:10:01,233 --> 00:10:05,304 PEOPLE FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.  SLAVERY IS AN INHERENTLY 200 00:10:05,404 --> 00:10:06,505 UNCOMFORTABLE TOPIC, RIGHT? 201 00:10:06,606 --> 00:10:09,241 >> WHITE KIDS TODAY DON'T OWN  SLAVES. 202 00:10:09,342 --> 00:10:11,944 WHITE KIDS TODAY DIDN'T  PERSECUTE PEOPLE FROM VOTING IN 203 00:10:12,044 --> 00:10:13,112 THE JIM CROW SOUTH. 204 00:10:13,212 --> 00:10:15,181 >> WHAT IF YOU'RE UNCOMFORTABLE  LEARNING ABOUT JIM CROW? 205 00:10:15,281 --> 00:10:18,451 WHAT IF YOU THINK WHY ARE YOU  TALKING ABOUT WHAT WHITE PEOPLE 206 00:10:18,551 --> 00:10:19,752 DID?  WHY YOU TALKING WHAT WHITE 207 00:10:19,852 --> 00:10:22,455 PEOPLE DID TO THE NATIVE  POPULATIONS OR WHAT WHITE PEOPLE 208 00:10:22,555 --> 00:10:23,689 DID TO BLACK PEOPLE? 209 00:10:23,789 --> 00:10:24,523 >> SUBJECTIVITY. 210 00:10:24,624 --> 00:10:26,892 >> IT CAN MAKE PEOPLE  UNCOMFORTABLE. 211 00:10:26,993 --> 00:10:29,629 >> THE PURPOSE OF THAT ACT IS TO  MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT INTRODUCING 212 00:10:29,729 --> 00:10:32,732 STUFF THAT BRINGS UNNECESSARY  SUBJECTIVITY INTO HISTORY. 213 00:10:32,832 --> 00:10:33,966 SHOULD IT BE FACTUAL. 214 00:10:34,066 --> 00:10:36,268 >> THIS IS ABOUT RACE, BUT THEN  THERE ARE THESE BILLS ABOUT 215 00:10:36,369 --> 00:10:37,203 SEXUAL ORIENTATION. 216 00:10:37,303 --> 00:10:37,903 >> RIGHT. 217 00:10:38,204 --> 00:10:39,772 >> AND THE WORD INDOCTRINATION  IS USED. 218 00:10:39,872 --> 00:10:44,310 >> SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER  IDENTITY SPECIFICALLY IN K 219 00:10:44,410 --> 00:10:45,011 THROUGH 3 CLASSROOMS. 220 00:10:45,111 --> 00:10:46,012 >> YEAH. 221 00:10:46,379 --> 00:10:49,348 >> IN WHAT WORLD IS IT OKAY FOR  A TEACHER TO TALK TO A CHILD 222 00:10:49,448 --> 00:10:54,387 ABOUT THEIR SEXUAL IDENTITY OR  GENDER FLUIDITY, GENDER 223 00:10:54,487 --> 00:10:56,389 ORIENTATION, WHATEVER PHRASE AND  AT THE SAME TIME NOT DISCUSS 224 00:10:56,489 --> 00:10:59,191 THAT WITH PARENTS?  THE GOVERNOR HAS EXPRESSLY 225 00:10:59,291 --> 00:11:01,127 TALKED ABOUT IT.  YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE SCHOOL 226 00:11:01,227 --> 00:11:04,063 PERSONNEL TALKING ABOUT GENDER  FLUIDITY AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION. 227 00:11:04,163 --> 00:11:06,432 YOU SHOULD NOT.  I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS 228 00:11:06,532 --> 00:11:07,500 EVEN COMFORT. 229 00:11:07,700 --> 00:11:09,669 >> TEACHERS IN FLORIDA ARE  SAYING I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN 230 00:11:09,769 --> 00:11:12,605 TALK ABOUT CHILDREN WHO HAVE TWO  MOMS OR TWO DADS IN THE 231 00:11:12,705 --> 00:11:14,273 CLASSROOM.  THIS IS TEACHERS IN YOUR STATE. 232 00:11:14,373 --> 00:11:19,779 >> THE LAW CLEARLY STATES THAT  THE TEACH KERR NOT ENGAGE OR 233 00:11:19,879 --> 00:11:22,581 BEGIN THESE CONVERSATIONS.  WE HAVE TO BE GRANULAR ABOUT 234 00:11:22,682 --> 00:11:23,749 THESE CONVERSATIONS. 235 00:11:23,849 --> 00:11:26,952 >> LET'S GET GRANULAR.  LET'S USE A GRANULAR EXAMPLE. 236 00:11:27,053 --> 00:11:30,056 IT'S MOTHER'S DAY AND THEY'RE  MAKING BASKETS FOR MOTHER'S DAY. 237 00:11:30,156 --> 00:11:33,592 SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE MOMS.  SOME PEOPLE HAVE TWO MOMS, AND 238 00:11:33,693 --> 00:11:35,594 SOME PEOPLE HAVE MOMMY AND  DADDY. 239 00:11:35,695 --> 00:11:37,063 IS THAT -- IS THAT ALLOWED? 240 00:11:37,163 --> 00:11:40,266 >> BASED UPON HOW YOU DESCRIBE  THAT AND READING THE LAW? 241 00:11:40,366 --> 00:11:42,501 YEAH, THAT'S ALLOWED. 242 00:11:42,601 --> 00:11:45,237 >> BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE  SOME CONCERN THAT'S NOT ALOUD. 243 00:11:45,337 --> 00:11:46,605 >> I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT'S  COMING FROM. 244 00:11:46,706 --> 00:11:47,840 PEOPLE NEED TO READ THE LAW. 245 00:11:47,940 --> 00:11:51,210 >> THEN THERE IS THE NEXT STEP  OF THIS WHICH IS THE ASSERTION 246 00:11:51,310 --> 00:11:54,447 THAT PEOPLE WHO TALK TO KIDS  ABOUT SEXUALITY ARE SOMEHOW 247 00:11:54,547 --> 00:11:55,715 GROOMING CHILDREN FOR  PEDOPHILIA. 248 00:11:55,815 --> 00:11:58,584 >> FIRST OF ALL, I'M NOT GOING  TO GO DOWN THE CONSPIRACY THEORY 249 00:11:58,684 --> 00:11:59,485 LINE.  DO. 250 00:11:59,585 --> 00:12:00,553 >> YOU THINK TEACHERS ARE  GROOMING THEM? 251 00:12:00,653 --> 00:12:02,755 >> DO I THINK TEACHERS ARE  GROOMING THEM? 252 00:12:02,855 --> 00:12:03,856 >> YES. 253 00:12:03,956 --> 00:12:04,457 >> NO. 254 00:12:04,924 --> 00:12:05,991 >> THAT'S WHAT THE GOVERNOR IS  CONTENDING. 255 00:12:06,092 --> 00:12:08,060 >> HOLD ON.  WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS THIS. 256 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:09,829 PUT PARENTS BACK IN THEIR PROPER  PLACE. 257 00:12:09,929 --> 00:12:15,034 >> SO YOU DON'T THINK THERE ARE  ANY POTENTIAL PRATFALLS FOR 258 00:12:15,134 --> 00:12:17,103 REPUBLICANS IN THE STATE AS THEY  MOVE FORWARD ON THIS? 259 00:12:17,203 --> 00:12:17,536 >> NO. 260 00:12:17,636 --> 00:12:17,970 >> FULL STOP. 261 00:12:18,070 --> 00:12:24,677 >> FULL STOP. 262 00:12:24,777 --> 00:12:28,080 >> THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF  HEALTH IS ISSUING NEW STATE 263 00:12:28,180 --> 00:12:31,517 GUIDELINES FOR TRANS YOUTH,  DENYING PUBERTY BLOCKERS OR 264 00:12:31,617 --> 00:12:34,653 HORMONE THERAPY FOR ANYBODY  UNDER THE AGE OF 18. 265 00:12:34,754 --> 00:12:38,023 >> SAFE SCHOOL SOUTH FLORIDA WAS  CREATED TO HELP FOSTER A SAFE 266 00:12:38,124 --> 00:12:41,694 COMMUNITY IN FLORIDA SCHOOLS FOR  LGBTQ STUDENTS. 267 00:12:41,794 --> 00:12:44,663 THERE IS GOING TO BE 20 HIGH  SCHOOLS FROM SOUTH FLORIDA. 268 00:12:44,764 --> 00:12:49,201 THE TRAINING TODAY WILL FOCUS A  LOT ON GOVERNOR DeSANTIS' NEW 269 00:12:49,301 --> 00:12:53,305 PARENTAL RIGHTS IN EDUCATION  DUBBED "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL BY 270 00:12:53,405 --> 00:12:57,143 ITS OPPONENTS.  WHEN THE LAW WAS BEING 271 00:12:57,243 --> 00:13:00,780 CONSIDERED, IT PROVOKED A PRETTY  BIG BACKLASH AMONG STUDENTS IN 272 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:02,815 FLORIDA.  THERE WERE MASSIVE WALKOUTS. 273 00:13:02,915 --> 00:13:04,917 PARENTS, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS  NOW HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY 274 00:13:05,017 --> 00:13:07,953 LIVE UNDER THIS. 275 00:13:08,053 --> 00:13:14,026 >> SAFE SCHOOLS IS DEDICATED TO  EMPOWER YOU TO GO AND LOBBY IN 276 00:13:14,126 --> 00:13:18,397 TALLAHASSEE NEXT YEAR.  WE ARE THE EPICENTER OF WHAT'S 277 00:13:18,497 --> 00:13:22,635 HAPPENING IN OUR NATION FOR LGBT  PEOPLE. 278 00:13:22,735 --> 00:13:26,105 >> WE HAVE FOLKS ASK QUESTIONS.  THEY WANT TO TALLAHASSEE. 279 00:13:26,205 --> 00:13:28,407 WE TALKED TO THE AIDES OF THE  SENATORS AND THE LEGISLATORS. 280 00:13:28,507 --> 00:13:33,279 WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE  BILL IS CREDIBLY HOMOPHOBIC AND 281 00:13:33,379 --> 00:13:38,117 SPEWS A LOFT OEND A GAY  ANTI-TRANS RHETORIC. 282 00:13:38,217 --> 00:13:40,386 IT WAS REALLY HARD.  THEY WERE NOT LISTENING TO US. 283 00:13:40,486 --> 00:13:43,222 >> I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.  YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO DO ALL 284 00:13:43,322 --> 00:13:45,224 THIS BIG STUFF, AND THEN IT  DOESN'T HAPPEN. 285 00:13:45,324 --> 00:13:47,726 IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF YOUR  GOVERNMENT TO TAKE CARE OF 286 00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:50,429 STUDENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT  THEY'RE SAFE. 287 00:13:50,529 --> 00:13:53,232 >> ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES LAST  NIGHT SPOKE WITH REPUBLICAN 288 00:13:53,332 --> 00:13:54,867 CONGRESSMAN WHO SUPPORTS THE  LAW. 289 00:13:54,967 --> 00:13:58,103 HE ACTUALLY SAID, LIKE HOW IS  THIS CONTROVERSIAL? 290 00:13:58,204 --> 00:14:02,975 >> SEXUALITY, GENDER ORIENTATION  IS NOT BEING TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS 291 00:14:03,075 --> 00:14:06,412 ANY WAY.  THIS WAS NOT ON THE CURRICULUM 292 00:14:06,512 --> 00:14:11,383 FOR OUR YOUNG FOURTH GRADERS.  SO IT WAS NEVER A PROBLEM IN THE 293 00:14:11,483 --> 00:14:14,687 FIRST PLACE.  WANTING STUDENTS TO KNOW ABOUT 294 00:14:14,787 --> 00:14:18,557 THEMSELVES, HOW TO BE HEALTHY,  HOW TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES, I 295 00:14:18,657 --> 00:14:22,361 THINK NOT DOING THAT IS ACTUALLY  THE CONTROVERSIAL PART. 296 00:14:22,461 --> 00:14:26,031 >> BEING THERE MADE ME REALIZE  THAT NO MATTER HOW STRONG THEIR 297 00:14:26,131 --> 00:14:29,835 HATE IS, I KNOW THE LOVE WITHIN  OUR COMMUNITY IS STRONGER, AND 298 00:14:29,935 --> 00:14:33,772 WE CAN FIGHT WHATEVER THEY TRY  TO PUSH TOWARDS US. 299 00:14:33,873 --> 00:14:37,710 >> HARASSMENT OF LGBTQ COMMUNITY  ONLINE HAS GOTTEN SIGNIFICANTLY 300 00:14:37,810 --> 00:14:41,480 WORSE.  HAVE YOU ALL EXPERIENCED THAT? 301 00:14:41,580 --> 00:14:43,949 >> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS  ABOUT THE BILL IS THAT IT KIND 302 00:14:44,049 --> 00:14:47,419 OF PROMOTES THIS ATMOSPHERE  WHERE IT'S OKAY TO BULLY AND 303 00:14:47,519 --> 00:14:50,489 IT'S OKAY TO HAVE HATRED TOWARDS  SOMEONE. 304 00:14:50,589 --> 00:14:52,091 >> SAY RON DeSANTIS WAS HERE. 305 00:14:52,191 --> 00:14:55,561 >> OOH, THE THINGS I WOULD SAY  TO HIM. 306 00:14:55,661 --> 00:15:00,399 >> THIS BILL DIRECTLY SAYS IT'S  OKAY TO, LIKE, COMPLETELY 307 00:15:00,499 --> 00:15:01,734 EXCLUDE A WHOLE COMMUNITY OF  PEOPLE. 308 00:15:01,834 --> 00:15:05,537 THE WAY THEY CAN SILENCE VOICES  LIKE THAT, IT JUST MAKES KIDS 309 00:15:05,638 --> 00:15:08,307 SCARED TO BE THEMSELVES.  I FEEL LIKE THIS LEGISLATION IS 310 00:15:08,407 --> 00:15:10,643 ACTUALLY, IF ANYTHING, BROUGHT  THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER IN A WAY. 311 00:15:10,743 --> 00:15:15,047 I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE FIGHTING  AGAINST THIS LEGISLATION, 312 00:15:15,147 --> 00:15:15,714 ACTUALLY. 313 00:15:16,148 --> 00:15:18,484 >> TODAY WAS THE BEST.  WE ALL CAME TOGETHER. 314 00:15:18,584 --> 00:15:23,255 LIKE 200 PLUS STUDENTS WERE HERE  TALKING ABOUT THIS, AND WE ALL 315 00:15:23,355 --> 00:15:27,459 CARED ABOUT EACH OTHER AND  SUPPORTED EACH OTHER THROUGH 316 00:15:27,559 --> 00:15:28,661 EVERYTHING.  IT WAS AMAZING. 317 00:15:28,761 --> 00:15:30,562 >> YEAH.  AND WE'LL DO IT AGAIN. 318 00:15:30,663 --> 00:15:31,697 >> KEEP DOING IT. 319 00:15:31,797 --> 00:15:38,437 >> SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE  DIFFERENCE. 320 00:15:38,537 --> 00:15:44,043 >> PLEASE SAY GAY!  PLEASE SAY GAY! 321 00:15:44,143 --> 00:15:47,212 >>> NOW TO THE ESCALATING FEUD  BETWEEN FLORIDA'S GOVERNOR AND 322 00:15:47,313 --> 00:15:50,649 HIS STATE'S LARGEST PRIVATE  EMPLOYER, DISNEY. 323 00:15:50,749 --> 00:15:53,719 >> TODAY THE FLORIDA SENATE  APPROVED A MOVE THAT WOULD 324 00:15:53,819 --> 00:15:56,088 REVOKE DISNEY'S STATUS AS A  SPECIAL DISTRICT. 325 00:15:56,188 --> 00:16:00,559 THE MOVE COMES JUST ONE DAY  AFTER DeSANTIS URGED LAWMAKERS 326 00:16:00,659 --> 00:16:01,760 TO DO JUST THAT. 327 00:16:01,860 --> 00:16:05,064 >> HE IS HITTING ALL OF THESE  TOUCHSTONE CULTURAL ISSUES. 328 00:16:05,164 --> 00:16:09,735 >> I DO SEE LOTS OF CONSERVATIVE  ACTIVISTS REALLY LIKING WHAT 329 00:16:09,835 --> 00:16:20,012 THEY SEE. 330 00:16:20,713 --> 00:16:24,083 >> WE'RE HERE IN TALLAHASSEE ON  THE GROUNDS OF THE STATE CAPITOL 331 00:16:24,183 --> 00:16:25,851 BUILDING.  THE FLORIDA STATE LEGISLATURE IS 332 00:16:25,951 --> 00:16:31,590 ABOUT TO CONVENE TO DEAL A  SIGNIFICANT BLOW TO DISNEY AND 333 00:16:31,690 --> 00:16:35,961 STRIP AWAY ITS SPECIAL DISTRICT  STATUS IN AN ACT OF NAKED 334 00:16:36,061 --> 00:16:37,863 POLITICAL RETRIBUTION OVER ITS  OPPOSITION TO THE SO-CALLED 335 00:16:37,963 --> 00:16:43,002 "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL. 336 00:16:43,102 --> 00:16:46,338 >> IT'S UNDER THIS FACADE THAT  HE IS BEING TOUGH ON 337 00:16:46,438 --> 00:16:47,773 CORPORATIONS.  I THINK DEMOCRATS NEED TO CALL 338 00:16:47,873 --> 00:16:49,608 HIM OUT.  TAKING OUT CORPORATIONS IS A 339 00:16:49,708 --> 00:16:52,411 VERY POPULIST MESSAGE, AND IT'S  SOMETHING THAT I AM VERY, VERY 340 00:16:52,511 --> 00:17:02,488 LOUD AND PROUD OF. 341 00:17:02,588 --> 00:17:06,892 >> EXPLAIN TO ME THE REEDY CREEK  SPECIAL DISTRICT STATUS. 342 00:17:06,992 --> 00:17:13,065 WHAT ARE THEY LOSING IF IT'S  STRIPPED AWAY? 343 00:17:13,165 --> 00:17:16,635 >> IT'S TAXING THE DISTRICT.  DISNEY TAXES THEMSELVES TO HAVE 344 00:17:16,735 --> 00:17:18,771 MORE AUTHORITY OVER THEIR  CONSTRUCTION AND OVER THEIR 345 00:17:18,871 --> 00:17:19,638 INFRASTRUCTURE. 346 00:17:20,072 --> 00:17:22,474 >> SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY LIKE  DISNEY IS KIND OF GRANTED A 347 00:17:22,574 --> 00:17:23,876 SELF-GOVERNMENT.  THEY'RE LIKE THEIR OWN LITTLE 348 00:17:23,976 --> 00:17:24,610 STATE WITHIN A STATE. 349 00:17:24,710 --> 00:17:25,644 >> CORRECT. 350 00:17:25,744 --> 00:17:28,614 >> DISNEY'S, YOU KNOW, AN  ECONOMIC ENGINE HERE. 351 00:17:28,714 --> 00:17:32,017 IT EMPLOYEES TONS OF PEOPLE, A  LOT OF PEOPLE IN YOUR DISTRICT 352 00:17:32,117 --> 00:17:32,418 FOR SURE. 353 00:17:32,518 --> 00:17:33,152 >> CORRECT. 354 00:17:33,819 --> 00:17:35,888 >> HOW CAN IT BE A WIN FOR THE  GOVERNOR IN THE STATE TO BE SEEN 355 00:17:35,988 --> 00:17:41,560 AS I'M THE GUY ATTACKING DISNEY  AND CALLING OPPONENTS PEDOPHILIA 356 00:17:41,660 --> 00:17:42,828 AND GROOMING THEM.  IT'S CRAZY. 357 00:17:42,928 --> 00:17:45,898 >> I THINK IT'S ABOUT HIS BASE  WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY FLORIDA 358 00:17:45,998 --> 00:17:47,166 VOTERS.  IT'S THE NATIONAL BASE. 359 00:17:47,266 --> 00:17:50,769 HE WANTS TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT.  SO THE EFFORT TO REFER TO THOSE 360 00:17:50,869 --> 00:17:55,374 TO OPPOSE THIS BILL AS BEING  PEDOPHILES AND GROOMERS HAS 361 00:17:55,474 --> 00:18:01,814 REALLY TAKEN A HOME IN THE QANON  MOVEMENT, IN ALT-RIGHT SPACES. 362 00:18:01,914 --> 00:18:04,083 AN THAT'S WHO HE IS TRYING TO  APPEAL TO. 363 00:18:04,183 --> 00:18:09,521 >> YOU SAW THIS WOMAN, MALLORY  McMORA, A STATE SENATOR OUT OF 364 00:18:09,621 --> 00:18:12,424 MICHIGAN, A VIRAL VIDEO WHERE  THEY CALLED ME A GROOMER. 365 00:18:12,524 --> 00:18:13,392 HERE'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. 366 00:18:13,492 --> 00:18:16,428 >> I SAT ON IT FOR A WHILE  WONDERING WHY ME. 367 00:18:16,528 --> 00:18:21,733 AND THEN I REALIZED BECAUSE I AM  THE BIGGEST THREAT TO YOUR 368 00:18:21,834 --> 00:18:26,205 HOLLOW HATEFUL SCHEME, BECAUSE  YOU CAN'T CLAIM THAT YOU ARE 369 00:18:26,305 --> 00:18:30,075 TARGETING MARGINALIZED KIDS IN  THE NAME OF, QUOTE, PARENTAL 370 00:18:30,175 --> 00:18:33,545 RIGHTS IF ANOTHER PARENT IS  STANDING UP TO SAY NO. 371 00:18:33,645 --> 00:18:36,281 >> I THINK SHE WAS SO POWERFUL.  AND IT JUST SPEAKS TO THE 372 00:18:36,381 --> 00:18:39,318 REALITY THAT A LOT OF US ARE  GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. 373 00:18:39,418 --> 00:18:42,888 I ENCOURAGE FOLKS DON'T GET  DROWNED BY THE CULTURE WARS, BUT 374 00:18:42,988 --> 00:18:44,857 YOU CAN'T IGNORE THEM.  YOU TO RESPOND AND YOU HAVE TO 375 00:18:44,957 --> 00:18:50,062 SHIFT TO SOLVING REAL PROBLEMS. 376 00:18:50,162 --> 00:18:54,433 >> GOP STATE LAWMAKERS VOTED TO  STRIP DISNEY OF ITS 377 00:18:54,533 --> 00:18:57,269 SELF-GOVERNING DISTRICT. 378 00:18:57,369 --> 00:19:01,607 >> 70 AYES, 38 NAYS.  THE BILL PASSES. 379 00:19:01,707 --> 00:19:04,710 >> DISNEY WAS SILENT ON THIS  PARENTAL RIGHTS BILL, AND THEY 380 00:19:04,810 --> 00:19:07,946 WAITED AND WAITED UNTIL THE  GOVERNOR SIGNED THE BILL, AND 381 00:19:08,046 --> 00:19:13,685 THEY GOT SO MUCH PRESSURE FROM  THE WOKE LEFT THAT THEY DECIDED 382 00:19:13,785 --> 00:19:18,624 TO STAND UP IN OPPOSITION OF  PARENTAL RIGHTS. 383 00:19:18,724 --> 00:19:26,098 THAT'S OFFENSIVE TO ANY PARENT. 384 00:19:26,198 --> 00:19:29,234 >> YOU SAID IN THE HOUSE  COMMITTEE THAT DISNEY, QUOTE, 385 00:19:29,334 --> 00:19:34,072 HAS NOW BEEN PERVERT BADE WOKE  MOB OF LIBERAL EXTREMISTS INTO A 386 00:19:34,173 --> 00:19:37,409 LABORATORY OF GENDER IDENTITY  SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATION IN WHICH 387 00:19:37,509 --> 00:19:38,844 OUR CHILDREN ARE THE GUINEA  PIGS. 388 00:19:38,944 --> 00:19:40,078 WHAT DO YOU MEAN SPECIFICALLY? 389 00:19:40,179 --> 00:19:43,315 >> WELL, I STARTED LOOKING AT  SOME OF THE VIDEOS IN SOME OF 390 00:19:43,415 --> 00:19:47,619 THEIR CARTOONS, AND GON HAS  NOW BECOME TRANSGENDERED. 391 00:19:47,719 --> 00:19:49,821 DID YOU KNOW THAT? 392 00:19:49,922 --> 00:19:50,489 >> GONZO? 393 00:19:50,956 --> 00:19:54,760 >> GONZO FROM THE MUPPETS IS NOW  A TRANSGENDER. 394 00:19:54,860 --> 00:19:57,996 THEY'RE SHARING THESE VIEWS THAT  SOME PARENTS MAY NOT BE 395 00:19:58,096 --> 00:19:59,865 COMFORTABLE WITH.  AND IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND 396 00:19:59,965 --> 00:20:03,135 OUR RIGHT AS PARENT TO SHARE  THOSE VALUES AND MORALS WITH OUR 397 00:20:03,235 --> 00:20:03,802 CHILDREN. 398 00:20:04,503 --> 00:20:06,205 >> THAT IS PART OF A NUMBER OF  THESE BILLS THAT ARE GOING ON 399 00:20:06,305 --> 00:20:09,875 AND ACTIONS BY THE GOVERNOR.  YOU'RE ALSO OUTLINING A BUNCH OF 400 00:20:09,975 --> 00:20:10,943 MATH TEXTBOOKS, RIGHT? 401 00:20:11,043 --> 00:20:11,643 >> YES. 402 00:20:11,743 --> 00:20:12,811 >> WHY MATH TEXTBOOKS? 403 00:20:12,911 --> 00:20:17,516 >> THEY STARTED INCLUDING  CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN MATH. 404 00:20:17,616 --> 00:20:18,650 >> HOW DID THEY DO THAT? 405 00:20:18,750 --> 00:20:21,887 >> I DON'T KNOW.  BUT WE FOUND IT IN TEXTBOOKS. 406 00:20:21,987 --> 00:20:25,224 >> BUT WHAT DID YOU FIND IN  TEXTBOOKS, SPECIFICALLY? 407 00:20:25,324 --> 00:20:26,558 >> CRITICAL RACE THEORY. 408 00:20:26,658 --> 00:20:28,794 >> BUT WHAT?  WHAT DID IT SAY ABOUT CRITICAL 409 00:20:28,894 --> 00:20:29,761 RACE THEORY? 410 00:20:30,195 --> 00:20:31,797 >> I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THE MATH  BOOKS BECAUSE IT RECENTLY CAME 411 00:20:31,897 --> 00:20:36,468 OUT WITHIN A WEEK AGO.  BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE GOING 412 00:20:36,568 --> 00:20:40,172 THROUGH ALL THE MATH BOOKS.  AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S 413 00:20:40,272 --> 00:20:44,509 HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.  IS WE'RE UNCOVERING YEARS OF 414 00:20:44,610 --> 00:20:46,411 INDOCTRINATION, THINGS THAT WE  DIDN'T KNOW AS PARENTS. 415 00:20:46,511 --> 00:20:49,848 >> AND THIS NOTION OF TEACHERS  GROOMING CHILDREN? 416 00:20:49,948 --> 00:20:51,283 GROOMING IS A PRETTY SERIOUS  CHARGE. 417 00:20:51,383 --> 00:20:53,952 >> I THINK WHEN YOU START TO  TELL CHILDREN OKAY, WE'RE GOING 418 00:20:54,052 --> 00:20:56,922 TO FIRST OF ALL CHANGE OUR  VOCABULARY. 419 00:20:57,022 --> 00:20:59,791 WE'RE GOING CHANGE PRONOUNS, AND  WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A HE OR 420 00:20:59,891 --> 00:21:03,028 SHE, BECAUSE THIS PERSON CAN BE  IDENTIFIED AS A -- THAT IS 421 00:21:03,128 --> 00:21:05,097 IMPOSING YOUR BELIEFS ON ANOTHER  PERSON. 422 00:21:05,197 --> 00:21:08,333 >> BUT IS IT IMPOSING BELIEFS OR  IS IT JUST TELLING CHILDREN HERE 423 00:21:08,433 --> 00:21:10,969 IS KIND OF THE WORLD IN WHICH  YOU'RE LIVING AND GROWING UP IN 424 00:21:11,069 --> 00:21:14,072 AND PEOPLE CAN BE WHO THEY WANT  TO BE? 425 00:21:14,172 --> 00:21:17,242 THEY'RE NOT SAY JOUG TO THE  TRANSGENDER OR THIS OR THAT. 426 00:21:17,342 --> 00:21:19,511 >> NO, BUT THEY'RE ENCOURAGING  IT. 427 00:21:19,611 --> 00:21:20,946 >> HOW ARE THEY ENCOURAGE IT? 428 00:21:21,046 --> 00:21:24,483 >> OH, JOHNNY, IF YOU DON'T WANT  TO PLAY WITH TRUCKS, GO AHEAD 429 00:21:24,583 --> 00:21:29,221 AND PLAY WITH DOLLS AND YOU  CAN -- WE CAN CALL YOU A 430 00:21:29,321 --> 00:21:33,325 DIFFERENT NAME.  THAT'S GOING BEYOND WHAT I THINK 431 00:21:33,425 --> 00:21:35,360 IS NORMAL.  I THINK THAT'S GROOMING SOMEONE. 432 00:21:35,460 --> 00:21:40,465 >> WHAT ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF GAY  TEENAGERS OR TRANSGENDER YOUTH 433 00:21:40,565 --> 00:21:42,901 WHO FEEL VULNERABLE AND FEEL  LIKE NOW THEY'RE BEING ATTACKED 434 00:21:43,001 --> 00:21:45,404 BY THIS KIND OF LEGISLATION? 435 00:21:45,504 --> 00:21:49,074 >> I -- I THINK THAT IF YOU'RE  GAY OR VULNERABLE YOU DON'T EVEN 436 00:21:49,174 --> 00:21:52,077 WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THAT,  THESE TYPE OF DISCUSSIONS. 437 00:21:52,177 --> 00:21:52,544 >> REALLY? 438 00:21:52,644 --> 00:21:53,645 >> I DO.  I DO. 439 00:21:53,745 --> 00:21:56,315 I'VE TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE THAT  ARE GAY. 440 00:21:56,415 --> 00:21:59,017 >> AND YOU THINK THEY WOULD  RATHER NOT TALK ABOUT IT, RATHER 441 00:21:59,117 --> 00:22:00,319 NOT BE THE SUBJECT OF  DISCUSSION? 442 00:22:00,419 --> 00:22:05,891 >> I LIKE THEIR MESSAGE ON LOVE  WHO YOU LOVE, WHO YOU WARMFRONT 443 00:22:05,991 --> 00:22:06,325 TO WHO YOU LOVE, WHO YOU  WARMFRONT 444 00:22:06,425 --> 00:22:07,059 WANT TO LOVE. 445 00:22:07,159 --> 00:22:10,529 >> YOU USED TO MARCH IN PARADES. 446 00:22:10,629 --> 00:22:13,231 >> I SPONSORED THE EQUALITY  BILL. 447 00:22:13,332 --> 00:22:15,400 I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD  DISCRIMINATE AGAINST GAYS. 448 00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:17,969 BUT I DON'T BELIEVE YOU SHOULD  IMPOSE YOUR BELIEFS ON ME OR MY 449 00:22:18,070 --> 00:22:18,704 CHILDREN.  THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. 450 00:22:18,804 --> 00:22:24,643 THEY WENT TOO FAR. 451 00:22:24,743 --> 00:22:28,413 >> THIS WAR AGAINST DISNEY,  AMONG OTHER CULTURE WARS, HAS 452 00:22:28,513 --> 00:22:30,148 BEEN VERY GOOD FOR DeSANTIS. 453 00:22:30,248 --> 00:22:32,718 >> GOVERNOR DeSANTIS HAS MADE  SOME GAINS IN THE REPUBLICAN 454 00:22:32,818 --> 00:22:36,054 PARTY, PARTICULARLY WITH THE  ACTIVIST REPUBLICAN BASE BY 455 00:22:36,154 --> 00:22:37,823 TAKING THESE MUSCULAR MOVES. 456 00:22:37,923 --> 00:22:43,995 >> RON DeSANTIS, YOU KNOW, HE IS  KIND OF A ZERO FOX GIVEN 457 00:22:44,096 --> 00:22:45,664 GOVERNOR TO BEGIN WITH.  THAT'S HOW HE HAS BUILT HIS 458 00:22:45,764 --> 00:22:52,971 BRAND. 459 00:22:53,071 --> 00:22:55,640 >> RON DeSANTIS IS THE FLORIDA  GOVERNOR THAT COVID BUILT. 460 00:22:55,741 --> 00:23:01,012 IF YOU DON'T HAVE COVID, THE  GOVERNOR DeSANTIS WE SEE TODAY 461 00:23:01,113 --> 00:23:04,483 DOESN'T EXIST, BECAUSE HIS  LIBERTARIAN INSTINCTS WERE DON'T 462 00:23:04,583 --> 00:23:07,252 LISTEN TO THE EXPERT CLASS.  DON'T LISTEN TO THE MEDIA. 463 00:23:07,352 --> 00:23:10,288 DON'T LISTEN TO THE SCIENTISTS.  THAT'S HIS INSTINCTS. 464 00:23:10,389 --> 00:23:14,092 HE GETS MASSIVELY CRITICIZED.  AND BECAUSE HE STARED DOWN THE 465 00:23:14,192 --> 00:23:14,693 PRESS. 466 00:23:15,460 --> 00:23:18,063 >> GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN YOUR  PROFESSION WHO WAX POETICALLY 467 00:23:18,163 --> 00:23:21,533 FOR WEEKS AND WEEKS ABOUT HOW  FLORIDA WAS GOING TO BE JUST 468 00:23:21,633 --> 00:23:22,934 LIKE NEW YORK.  WAIT TWO WEEKS. 469 00:23:23,034 --> 00:23:27,472 FLORIDA IS GOING TO BE NEXT.  WELL, HELL, WE'RE EIGHT WEEKS 470 00:23:27,572 --> 00:23:29,474 AWAY FROM THAT, AND IT HASN'T  HAPPENED. 471 00:23:29,574 --> 00:23:32,444 >> BECAUSE HE HAD GOTTEN IT  RIGHT IN THEIR VIEW, HE BECAME A 472 00:23:32,544 --> 00:23:33,745 CONSERVATIVE HEARTTHROB. 473 00:23:33,845 --> 00:23:37,649 >> WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW  A FLORIDA GOVERNOR AS STRONG AS 474 00:23:37,749 --> 00:23:39,551 THIS, EXERCISING AS MUCH PURE  POLITICAL POWER. 475 00:23:39,651 --> 00:23:42,854 >> JEB BUSH WAS A VERY STRONG  GOVERNOR, BUT PEOPLE WOULD DEFY 476 00:23:42,954 --> 00:23:44,790 HIM.  RON DeSANTIS DOESN'T HAVE THAT. 477 00:23:44,890 --> 00:23:47,559 >> HE HAS BEEN AT THE VERY EDGE  PUSHING THE CULTURE WAR ISSUES. 478 00:23:47,659 --> 00:23:49,528 >> FLORIDA IS A LABORATORY FOR  THE UNITED STATES. 479 00:23:49,628 --> 00:23:52,164 WE'RE A MODERN STATE AND WE'RE  AN OLD SOUTH STATE. 480 00:23:52,264 --> 00:23:52,998 >> RIGHT. 481 00:23:53,265 --> 00:23:56,701 >> AND WE'RE KIND OF MIXING  EVERYWHERE USA. 482 00:23:56,802 --> 00:23:59,938 >> AND YOU THINK BECAUSE  DeSANTIS HAS GOVERNED THAT KIND 483 00:24:00,038 --> 00:24:03,241 OF BROAD A SPECTRUM, IS THAT THE  REASON HE MIGHT APPEAL TO THE 484 00:24:03,341 --> 00:24:06,077 REST OF THE COUNTRY AND WHY HE  IS RUNNING REALLY WELL RIGHT 485 00:24:06,178 --> 00:24:08,046 BEHIND TRUMP IN TERMS OF 2024? 486 00:24:08,146 --> 00:24:12,017 >> I THINK GENERALLY, DeSANTIS'  STRENGTH IS HIS AUTHENTICITY, 487 00:24:12,117 --> 00:24:15,854 AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING  TO HATE ME SAYING THAT. 488 00:24:15,954 --> 00:24:19,024 BUT TRUMP IS THE RACONTEUR, THE  STORYTELLER ON THE BARSTOOL. 489 00:24:19,124 --> 00:24:22,294 RON DeSANTIS IS THE ANGRY GUY IN  THE BARCALOUNGER. 490 00:24:22,394 --> 00:24:25,497 AND THAT SPEAKS TO A HUGE  PORTION OF PEOPLE. 491 00:24:25,597 --> 00:24:29,234 >> DeSANTIS IS WAGING THIS  CULTURE WAR BECAUSE, A, IT WORKS 492 00:24:29,334 --> 00:24:33,138 IN FLORIDA.  B, IT SETS HIM UP NICELY FOR A 493 00:24:33,238 --> 00:24:36,274 PRESIDENTIAL RUN BECAUSE OF THE  REPUBLICAN BASIS, OR C, BOTH? 494 00:24:36,374 --> 00:24:40,278 >> I THINK C, BOTH, AND MAYBE D,  IT JUST WHO HE IS AND THE MOMENT 495 00:24:40,378 --> 00:24:41,746 HAS MET WHO HE IS. 496 00:24:41,847 --> 00:24:42,481 >> RIGHT. 497 00:24:42,714 --> 00:24:43,882 >> AND THE MOMENT CAN ALWAYS  CHANGE. 498 00:24:43,982 --> 00:24:47,319 >> DO YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO  SEE MORE OF THIS BETWEEN NOW AND 499 00:24:47,419 --> 00:24:47,652 NOVEMBER? 500 00:24:47,752 --> 00:24:48,520 >> YES. 501 00:24:48,620 --> 00:24:50,522 >> ALL UNTIL THE ELECTION? 502 00:24:50,622 --> 00:24:51,623 >> EVENTUALLY HE MIGHT RUN OUT  OF TARGETS. 503 00:24:51,723 --> 00:24:59,231 >> NO NOT ON THE LEFT. 504 00:24:59,331 --> 00:25:01,166 >> FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS  LOOKING LIKE HE IS ABOUT TO 505 00:25:01,266 --> 00:25:06,571 NOTCH TWO VICTORIES, SIGNING  BILLS TODAY PUNISHING DISNEY FOR 506 00:25:06,671 --> 00:25:09,574 OPPOSING THE "DON'T SAY GAY"  BILL AND PUT RESTRICTIONS ON HOW 507 00:25:09,674 --> 00:25:12,511 SCHOOLS CAN TALK ABOUT RACE AND  GENDER. 508 00:25:12,611 --> 00:25:16,815 >> VERY HIGH-UP PEOPLE IN  DISNEY, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT 509 00:25:16,915 --> 00:25:19,818 THEIR INTENTIONAL AGENDA TO  INJECT SEXUALITY IN THE 510 00:25:19,918 --> 00:25:24,256 PROGRAMING THAT'S PROVIDED TO  OUR YOUNGEST KIDS. 511 00:25:24,356 --> 00:25:27,325 CONCEPTS LIKE PAN SEXUALISM.  I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, I DON'T 512 00:25:27,425 --> 00:25:29,794 KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT I KNOW  I DON'T WANT MY 5-YEAR-OLD 513 00:25:29,895 --> 00:25:35,634 DAUGHTER TO BE TAUGHT IT. 514 00:25:45,010 --> 00:25:49,581 >> I AM VERY GLAD TO BE WITH YOU  THIS MORNING. 515 00:25:49,681 --> 00:25:56,187 RON DeSANTIS, HE IS ANTI-LGBTQ.  HE IS ANTI-WOMEN. 516 00:25:56,288 --> 00:25:59,157 HE IS ANTI-AFRICAN AMERICAN  PEOPLE AND YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE. 517 00:25:59,257 --> 00:26:01,526 ALL OF THIS HATE, WE'VE HAD  ENOUGH. 518 00:26:13,405 --> 00:26:16,374 >> HAVE YOU SEEN ANY GOVERNOR OF  FLORIDA IN YOUR LIFETIME WHO HAS 519 00:26:16,474 --> 00:26:18,577 HAD THIS DEGREE OF POWER AND  CONTROL AND EXERCISED IT WITH 520 00:26:18,677 --> 00:26:21,646 SUCH AGGRESSIVE FORCE? 521 00:26:21,746 --> 00:26:25,383 >> I'VE NEVER SEEN A GOVERNOR OF  FLORIDA THIS ARROGANT. 522 00:26:25,483 --> 00:26:30,188 IT'S A TURNOFF.  I CALL PEOPLE ALL OVER THE 523 00:26:30,288 --> 00:26:33,892 COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, ASKING FOR  HELP AND THEY GO FLORIDA? 524 00:26:33,992 --> 00:26:35,493 SO YOU'RE RUNNING AGAINST  DeSANTIS? 525 00:26:35,594 --> 00:26:39,297 AND I SAID YEAH.  WHERE DO I SEND THE CHECK? 526 00:26:39,397 --> 00:26:42,667 >> PEOPLE JOKE ABOUT FLORIDA,  MAN. 527 00:26:42,767 --> 00:26:46,037 I THOUGHT ABOUT FLORIDA PAUL,  SOMEBODY WHO HAS SEEN IT ALL, 528 00:26:46,137 --> 00:26:48,540 DONE IT ALL.  YOU KNOW THIS STATE FROM EVERY 529 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:52,277 POSSIBLE ANGLE.  HE IS RUNNING THIS MULTIPRONGED 530 00:26:52,377 --> 00:26:54,279 CULTURE WAR.  WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT? 531 00:26:54,379 --> 00:26:58,183 >> I THINK HE IS SO FOCUSED,  JOHN, ON 2024. 532 00:26:58,283 --> 00:26:59,217 >> YEAH. 533 00:26:59,317 --> 00:27:03,688 >> AND THE HARD RIGHT REPUBLICAN  PRIMARY VOTER. 534 00:27:03,788 --> 00:27:06,091 HE IS DREAMING ABOUT BEING IN  THE OVAL OFFICE. 535 00:27:06,191 --> 00:27:08,827 AND I THINK HE IS INTOXICATED BY  THAT. 536 00:27:08,927 --> 00:27:12,597 I THINK HE HAS MISCALCULATED. 537 00:27:12,697 --> 00:27:15,100 >> THERE ARE A LOT OF DEMOCRATS  WHO WOULD SAY THE SAME THING 538 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:18,303 YOU'RE SAYING, THAT HE HAS GONE  TOO FAR, OVERPLAYED HIS HAND. 539 00:27:18,403 --> 00:27:19,170 >> HE HAS DONE IT. 540 00:27:19,270 --> 00:27:20,538 >> WHAT'S THE EVIDENCE FOR THAT? 541 00:27:20,639 --> 00:27:23,375 >> APPROVAL RATINGS HAS JUST  GONE UP. 542 00:27:23,475 --> 00:27:27,012 THE LAST GOVERNOR'S RACE, THE  ONE HE WON, WAS THE CLOSEST 543 00:27:27,112 --> 00:27:29,447 GOVERNOR'S RACE IN THE HISTORY  OF OUR STATE. 544 00:27:29,547 --> 00:27:35,020 HE WON BY 0.4 OF 1%, WE'RE ABOUT  A THIRD REPUBLICAN, A THIRD 545 00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:37,689 INDEPENDENT, A THIRD DEMOCRATIC.  FLORIDA IS STILL PURPLE. 546 00:27:37,789 --> 00:27:41,860 NO QUESTION IN MY MIND.  I THINK HE DOESN'T THINK THAT. 547 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,062 >> YOU'RE BASICALLY THINKING  YOU'RE GOING TO GET THIS 548 00:27:44,162 --> 00:27:47,232 NOMINATION AND SORT OF LEAD,  WHAT, A COALITION OF THE DECENT? 549 00:27:47,332 --> 00:27:51,069 >> WHAT DID BIDEN DO?  YOU HAD A ROOKIE PRESIDENT, 550 00:27:51,169 --> 00:27:53,138 TRUMP.  WE HAVE A ROOKIE GOVERNOR. 551 00:27:53,238 --> 00:27:57,409 YOU HAD BIDEN, SEASONED,  TRUSTED, DECENT MAN. 552 00:27:57,509 --> 00:27:58,877 I THINK I'M THOSE THINGS AS  WELL. 553 00:27:58,977 --> 00:28:02,447 I HOPE.  SO THEY'LL SAY WE KNOW CHARLIE. 554 00:28:02,547 --> 00:28:05,483 HE IS NOT A NASTY, MEAN-SPIRITED  GUY. 555 00:28:05,583 --> 00:28:09,921 AND HE HAS BEEN GOVERNOR BEFORE.  HE KNOWS HOW TO DO THIS STUFF. 556 00:28:10,021 --> 00:28:14,159 >> THE WAY DeSANTIS IS RUNG, HE  IS ALL IN ON THIS, RIGHT? 557 00:28:14,259 --> 00:28:20,198 ON LGBTQ, ON CRT, ON ABORTION.  WHAT DOES IT SAY IF HE WINS? 558 00:28:20,298 --> 00:28:23,601 >> HE IS NOT GOING WIN.  HE IS NOT GOING WIN. 559 00:28:23,702 --> 00:28:25,704 >> OPEN YOUR MIND TO THE  POSSIBILITY. 560 00:28:25,804 --> 00:28:28,306 IF THIS TURNS OUT TO BE A  WINNING STRATEGY, WHAT DOES IT 561 00:28:28,406 --> 00:28:30,809 SAY ABOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA,  THE STATE OF NATIONAL POLITICS? 562 00:28:30,909 --> 00:28:32,577 >> I CAN'T ENVISION THAT.  I CAN'T. 563 00:28:32,677 --> 00:28:36,114 I'M SORRY.  I CAN'T ENVISION THAT. 564 00:28:36,214 --> 00:28:43,188 I HAVE MORE FAITH IN FLORIDA, IN  PEOPLE. 565 00:28:43,288 --> 00:28:47,158 LIGHT THE FUSE, WATCH IT BURN  DOWN, EVERYTHING IS RUN AWAY 566 00:28:47,258 --> 00:28:58,436 THE SOUND OF FREEDOM RISING UP  FROM UNDERNEATH