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Behind the Aegis

(53,959 posts)
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 04:31 PM Nov 2022

Ron DeSantis sends blatantly anti-LGBTQ mailers attacking Joe Biden's student debt relief

Anti-LGBTQ incumbent Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) made fun of LGBTQ people in a recent campaign mailer to Floridians.

The mailer lambasts DeSantis’s Democratic opponent, Charlie Crist, showing a photo of him hugging President Biden and claiming that Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan is “forcing hard working Floridians to pay back student loans for degrees like Gender Studies and French Poetry.” The mailer claimed that “The Biden-Crist College Loan Bailout” would “make inflation worse”; “punish hard-working taxpayers”; and “reward universities.”

In addition to mocking those who major in Gender Studies, the other side of the flyer includes a stock photo of what seems to be a Getty stock image of a nonbinary college student in a cap and gown proudly holding up their diploma. There is a speech bubble accompanying the image that reads, “Thank you, Joe Biden and Charlie Crist, for making Floridians pay off my student debt.”

DeSantis has long been using LGBTQ people as political pawns and has waged war against them through his support of anti-LGBTQ legislation like the infamous Don’t Say Gay law he signed, as well as his continued anti-trans rhetoric. He has even worked to punish Disney for speaking out in favor of LGBTQ Equality and against the Don’t Say Gay law.


The mailers show a nonbinary student thanking Biden "for making Floridians pay off my student debt."
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Ron DeSantis sends blatantly anti-LGBTQ mailers attacking Joe Biden's student debt relief (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Nov 2022 OP
Yes, offend two groups at once. Turbineguy Nov 2022 #1
I don't know how ANYONE with critical thinking skills Skittles Nov 2022 #2
So Long As They Think It's Owning The Libs, The Majority Of FL Voters Are Fine With It nt SoCalDavidS Nov 2022 #3
Yes, the idiotic voters of Floriduh and their Freedumb! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2022 #5
DeSantis is a grotesque creature and bully. He's disgusting and is a thug!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2022 #4
pics Celerity Nov 2022 #6

Turbineguy

(37,343 posts)
1. Yes, offend two groups at once.
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 04:35 PM
Nov 2022

I wonder just how much Florida taxpayers are on the hook for these loans. Less perhaps than Santis' stunt flying?

Skittles

(153,169 posts)
2. I don't know how ANYONE with critical thinking skills
Thu Nov 3, 2022, 04:42 PM
Nov 2022

can NOT be offended by such a blatantly trashy ad - I mean, seriously, WTF

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