P!nk has lengthy stood up for the bullied and the oppressed. So it ought to come as no shock that the singer had very harsh phrases for some protesters who descended on Orlando’s Disney World this weekend waving large Nazi flags and holding indicators supporting Florida Gov. and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis.
“ARE YOU F–KING KIDDING ME????!!!!!!!!,” the singer wrote in a tweet this weekend together with a extensively circulated video from democratic State Rep. Anna Eskamani, which exhibits the small group of protesters standing exterior the park’s entrance waving the fascist imagery, and, in response to experiences, a “DeSantis 2024” flag in addition to one other that learn “DeSantis 2024 Make America Florida,” whereas utilizing a bullhorn to unfold their message.
Eskamani’s put up learn, “Nazis exterior of Walt Disney World proper now — completely disgusting.” In response to the Orlando Weekly, the Orange County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned that round 15 folks gathered exterior the theme park, with no incidents experiences and the protest tapering off inside just a few hours with no arrests.
“We’re conscious of those teams that intention to agitate and incite folks with anti-Semitic symbols and slurs. They’re additionally conscious of the legislation,” the OCSO reportedly mentioned in an announcement. “The Orange County Sheriff’s Workplace deplores hate speech in any type, however folks have the First Modification proper to exhibit.”
One of many co-founders of Mothers Demand Motion tweeted a photo of the protest, making be aware of the pro-DeSantis imagery and different indicators with what she described as homophobic and racist slurs. “That is the Republican celebration of 2023,” she wrote. At press time the paper famous that the DeSantis administration — which has handed a collection of legal guidelines aimed toward limiting the rights of the LGBTQ neighborhood — had not commented on the protest.
Quite a lot of humanitarian and civil rights organizations have issued journey restrictions on Florida within the wake of DeSantis’ current statements and authorized maneuvers to severely restrict dialogue of sexual orientation in faculties as a part of his “anti-woke” agenda through the state’s so-called “don’t say homosexual” invoice. After criticism of that legislation, DeSantis responded by signing laws that tried to strip Disney of its long-held proper to self-govern the land the park sits on, setting off a monthslong battle with the one of many state’s greatest employers; DeSantis additionally later retaliated by suggesting he would possibly construct a jail close to the park.
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