{"id":1446014,"date":"2022-04-19T12:44:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T16:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1446014"},"modified":"2022-04-19T12:44:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T16:44:47","slug":"psaki-cries-more-than-florida-anti-grooming-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-cries-more-than-florida-anti-grooming-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Psaki Cries More than Florida Anti-Grooming Bill"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fpsaki-cries-more-than-florida-anti-grooming-bill%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=1446014&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 id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House<\/a> Press Secretary Jen Psaki broke into tears while discussing Florida\u2019s controversial parental rights bill in a podcast released this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;I\u2019m going to get emotional about this issue because it\u2019s horrible,&#8221; Psaki said on Jessica Yellin\u2019s &#8220;News Not Noise&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beyond-the-podium\/id1585743634?i=1000558006443\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>podcast<\/u><\/a> while fighting back tears discussing the Florida legislation recently signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis thar prohibits classroom instruction on &#8220;sexual orientation&#8221; and &#8220;gender identity&#8221; with children in third grade or younger &#8220;or in a manner that is not age-appropriate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/640\/320\/Jen-Psaki.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Friday, March 4, 2022. (AP Photo\/Carolyn Kaster)\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Friday, March 4, 2022. (AP Photo\/Carolyn Kaster)<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Carolyn Kaster)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/florida-desantis-signs-parental-rights-education-bill\"><strong><u>FLORIDA&#8217;S DESANTIS SIGNS PARENTAL RIGHTS IN EDUCATION BILL, HITS BACK AT HOLLYWOOD CRITICS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is an issue that makes me completely crazy,&#8221; Psaki added.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki explained that Republicans are using the legislation as a &#8220;political wedge issue&#8221; in an attempt to &#8220;win the culture war&#8221; in a way that is &#8220;harsh and cruel to kids.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s like kids who are bullied and then all these leaders are taking steps to hurt them and hurt their lives and hurt their families,&#8221; Psaki said, adding that there are &#8220;multiple layers&#8221; of the legislation that are &#8220;outrageous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/640\/320\/Ron-Casey-DeSantis-Florida.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his wife Casey DeSantis walk at Ocala International Airport in Ocala, Florida, Oct. 23, 2020. REUTERS\/Tom Brenner\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his wife Casey DeSantis walk at Ocala International Airport in Ocala, Florida, Oct. 23, 2020. REUTERS\/Tom Brenner<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(REUTERS\/Tom Brenner)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/desantis-calls-on-legislature-to-consider-stripping-disney-of-self-governing-special-status\"><strong><u>DESANTIS CALLS ON LEGISLATURE TO TARGET DISNEY&#8217;S SELF GOVERNING SPECIAL STATUS: &#8216;TERMINATION&#8217;<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a statement to Fox News, DeSantis Press Secretary Christina Pushaw called Psaki&#8217;s podcast appearance &#8220;troubling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s troubling that a Biden Administration official would break down in tears because of a law that protects parental rights,&#8221; Pushaw said. &#8220;Why is it so important to her for teachers to instruct children in grades k-3 about transgenderism and sexuality?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Psaki has repeatedly criticized the Florida bill along with President Joe Biden who called the bill &#8220;hateful&#8221; in a February tweet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/640\/320\/protest-4.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Members and supporters of the LGBTQ community attend the \" Say Gay Anyway \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Members and supporters of the LGBTQ community attend the &#8220;Say Gay Anyway&#8221; rally in Miami Beach, Florida on March 13, 2022. \u00a0(Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA\/AFP via Getty Images)<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(\u00a0(Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA\/AFP via Getty Images))<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Recent polling has shown that the bill, which has been labeled the &#8220;Don&#8217;t Say Gay&#8221; bill despite not banning the word or containing the word in the \u00a0legislation, is popular among Florida voters including 52% of likely voters in the Democratic primary who say that they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/floridas-parental-rights-bill-popular-voters-despite-democratic-attacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>oppose<\/u><\/a> the kind of teaching that the bill prohibits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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