redstate.com Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been accused of many things, including the claim that he was a grandma killer during the Wuhan virus pandemic because he ultimately decided to go in a different direction than the federal government on “slowing the spread.” He also, of course, has often been accused of “racism” because he opposes wokeism in any form including its implementation in public school lesson plans and state-funded higher ed institutions.
But the latest anti-DeSantis talking point was so egregious that even the Associated Press stepped in to defend him and his administration, although the way they went about it initially (and likely intentionally) caused more confusion and outrage from The Usual Suspects.
The headline read as follows: “Florida weighs mandating menstrual cycle details for female athletes” – but what was left out of it was a prominent notation alerting readers that this was a “fact check.” Because a lot of people on social media are lazy and don’t read beyond headlines, it caused even more knee-jerk leftists to do what they do best, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Exhibits A, B, and C:
This is dystopian. And creepy. And government intrusion. Forcing girls to detail their menstruation to their schools, to the state, should scare everyone. https://t.co/wb0b5LsyXG
— Randi Weingarten 🇺🇦🇺🇸💪🏿👩🎓 (@rweingarten) February 4, 2023
This is authoritarianism. Full stop. pic.twitter.com/4GYb3pwqU3
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) February 4, 2023
And in a since-deleted tweet, former Trump surgeon general Jerome Adams wrote, “Government should stay out of personal and familial health decisions… but under penalty of law, you must have your daughter track and report her periods? What am I missing? Seriously?”
A whole lot, as the Associated Press explained:
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The Florida High School Athletic Association is weighing the recommendation from an advisory committee, but no final decision has been made. DeSantis’ education commissioner is a member of the association’s board of directors and the commissioner also appoints three others, but the association is a private nonprofit organization, not a state agency under the purview of the governor’s office…
READ FULL ARTICLE HERE…– RedState
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