{"id":1411209,"date":"2022-03-30T18:14:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T22:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1411209"},"modified":"2022-03-30T18:14:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T22:14:47","slug":"democrat-desantis-challenger-charlie-crist-grim-day-because-desantis-barring-gender-identity-in-kindergarten-classrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-desantis-challenger-charlie-crist-grim-day-because-desantis-barring-gender-identity-in-kindergarten-classrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat DeSantis Challenger Charlie Crist: &#039;Grim Day&#039; Because DeSantis Barring Gender Identity in Kindergarten Classrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-desantis-challenger-charlie-crist-grim-day-because-desantis-barring-gender-identity-in-kindergarten-classrooms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1411209&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Democrat gubernatorial hopeful Rep. Charlie Crist (D) said this week that it is a \u201cgrim day\u201d in Florida because Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed legislation barring age-inappropriate classroom discussions on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a grim day for Florida. Today especially, I want our LGBTQ+ brothers and sisters in Florida and across the country to know that they are loved and will always be welcomed in the Sunshine State,\u201d the Democrat and former Florida governor said on the day DeSantis signed the Parental Rights in Education act, essentially mourning for LGBT Americans and repeating the left\u2019s fake news mantra, referring to the bill as \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#8217;s a grim day for Florida. Today especially, I want our LGBTQ+ brothers and sisters in Florida and across the country to know that they are loved and will always be welcomed in the Sunshine State. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ktwbJklZVe\">pic.twitter.com\/ktwbJklZVe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlie Crist (@CharlieCrist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CharlieCrist\/status\/1508511885150330894?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It remains unclear why Crist believes that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/28\/ron-desantis-signs-parental-rights-bill-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">barring<\/a> discussions on subjects such as transgenderism amounts to a \u201cgrim day,\u201d and it also remains unclear how keeping age-inappropriate discussions on sexual orientation from five, six, seven, and eight-year-olds amounts to feeling unwelcomed in the state.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis, however, sharply addressed politicians and activists opposing the common-sense bill, observing that they are lying and \u201csloganeering\u201d because they \u201cdon\u2019t want to admit that they support a lot of the things we\u2019re providing protections against.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThese leftist politicians, corporate media outlets, some of these activist groups, they actually have read the bill, and they\u2019re sloganeering because they don\u2019t want to admit that they support a lot of the things we\u2019re providing protections against,\u201d DeSantis said this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor example, they support sexualizing kids in kindergarten. They support injecting woke gender ideology into second-grade classrooms. They support enabling schools to \u2018transition students\u2019 to a \u2018different gender\u2019 without the knowledge of the parent, much less, with the parent\u2019s consent,\u201d DeSantis continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so what they\u2019re doing with these slogans and these narratives is they\u2019re trying to camouflage their true intentions,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"video-src-attr\">Ron DeSantis \/ Rumble<\/span><\/p>\n<p>One recent Saint Leo University poll showed DeSantis crushing his potential Democrat challenger, Charlie Crist, by double digits:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"et\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaintLeoPolls?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SaintLeoPolls<\/a> <br \/>2022 FLORIDA GOVERNOR POLL:<\/p>\n<p>Ron DeSantis (R): 49% (+16)<br \/>Charlie Crist (D): 33%<\/p>\n<p>Ron DeSantis (R): 51% (+24)<br \/>Nikki Fried (D): 27%<\/p>\n<p>Ron DeSantis (R): 49% (+19)<br \/>Annette Taddeo (D): 30%<\/p>\n<p>February 28-March 12 \/ 500 RV<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U9QXHGgKJl\">https:\/\/t.co\/U9QXHGgKJl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8j7Dgqq4SL\">pic.twitter.com\/8j7Dgqq4SL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAPolls2022\/status\/1508849180105715720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat gubernatorial hopeful Rep. Charlie Crist (D) said this week that it is a \u201cgrim day\u201d in Florida because Gov. 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