The Biden administration was criticized on Thursday by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for flying the Pride flag prominently at the White House and welcoming a transgender activist who went topless on the South Lawn.
DeSantis, a leading candidate for the GOP nominee in 2024, told reporters in Fort Pierce at a budget-signing event: “When they had at the White House, you know, this transgender flag as the precedence above the American flag, that’s wrong, that is not how you display the American flag.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Criticizes Biden Administration
In apparent violation of the US Flag Code, the White House decorated the White House balcony for Pride Month on Saturday with a rainbow-colored LGBTQ+ flag in the center and American flags on either side.
Before removing her top later, President Biden. Social media was flooded with pictures of the act, and the White House later condemned it as inappropriate and disrespectful before excluding Montoya from upcoming appearances.
In the cultural wars, the governor, a conservative warrior, also attacked Democrats for criticizing his parental rights law.
The Florida Parents Rights in Education Act, also known as the “Don’t Say Gay” measure, was signed by DeSantis last year.
The law prohibited kindergarten through third-grade teachers from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity in a way that is not age-appropriate or developmentally acceptable for kids.
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Bill Extends Restrictions and Proposed Legislation Emerges
Later, he approved a law that extended the prohibitions all the way up to the 12th grade.
When many State, local, or society flags are grouped and flown from staffs, the Stars and Stripes must be at the center and at the highest point of the group, according to the flag code.
Because the US flag was raised above the Pride flag on the White House roof, supporters of the White House said that compliance with the law was guaranteed.
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) introduced legislation, with a few exceptions, to prevent federal facilities from displaying flags other than the Stars and Stripes in reaction to the controversy.
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