
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is facing backlash for his long history of antigay remarks, both in office and on the presidential campaign trail. The Onion examines some of the most homophobic statements he’s made throughout his career.
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is facing backlash for his long history of antigay remarks, both in office and on the presidential campaign trail. The Onion examines some of the most homophobic statements he’s made throughout his career.
No, that’s the vaccines, you bigot.
Meeting Ron DeSantis is a trauma that no person—regardless of sexuality, gender identity, race, religion, or creed—should ever have to endure.
Only a homophobe would draw this distinction.
Opposite-sex encounters are the only ones he wants performed in front of children.
DeSantis paused after he said this during a speech to open a new building at the Kennedy Space Center and got no applause for it.
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Not sure where he came up with this one.
DeSantis personally thinks Jacksonville is Florida’s paradise.
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Conservatives denied this was homophobic, but read between the lines and it’s a pretty clear antigay dog whistle.
He then went on an expletive-laced screed denouncing woke cetaceans.
DeSantis subscribes to the fringe ideology that denies gay identity because there is no evidence in the fossil record of homosexual activity amongst dinosaurs.
DeSantis often ends his stump speeches with a laundry list of pop culture gripes.
At this point, he’s just trying to get assassinated.
The dates don’t at all line up with DeSantis’ age, but the rest checks out.
It should be understood at this point that everything he says is an attack on the LGBTQIA+ community.
DeSantis thinks it’s pretty masculine and superior to wear an entire wardrobe that doesn’t flatter one’s figure.
Hateful because it’s an unfortunate truth we all have to live with.