DeSantis keeps looking like a Trump copycat
VoxJul 04, 2023
DeSantis Campaign Posts Video Slamming Trump's LGBTQ Support
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The Facts
DeSantis War Room — the "Rapid Response" Twitter account for Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis — tweeted a video Friday of GOP frontrunner Donald Trump voicing his support for the LGBTQ community on a variety of issues.
It said, "To wrap up Pride Month, let's hear from the politician who did more than any other Republican to celebrate it," proceeding to show the former president vowing to "do everything in my power" to protect LGBTQ citizens at the 2016 Republican National Convention.
The Spin
Left narrative
By attempting to run to the right of Donald Trump by assailing his past support of LGBTQ rights, Ron DeSantis is showing himself to be insecure and dangerous. Moreover, the fact that DeSantis is being criticized by the GOP and MAGA base shows that his authoritarian antics in Florida won't translate to the national stage.
Right narrative
Much of America's conservative base believes that there's no room for compromise or acceptance when it comes to transgender culture war issues. Gov. DeSantis knows the urgency of the situation and how rapidly the Left is moving to promote its abject woke agenda. He will not subject himself or America to the Left’s moral framework and continue to prove the only candidate willing to fight gender ideology — even if it means being critical of former Pres. Trump along the way.
