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FLORIDA REPUBLIN CALLS TO “CSH” PRI MONTH FOR BEG “ANTI-CHRISTIAN”ANTHONY SABATI IS OUTDOG THE RT OF HIS PARTY WH THE BIGOTRY.PL MORIGI/GETTY IMAGA FLORIDA REPUBLIN POLICIAN SUGGTED THAT PRI IMAG ARE “ANTI-CHRISTIAN” HATE SYMBOLS AND LLED FOR THE ERNMENT TO IMMEDIATELY “CSH” PRI MONTH.ANTHONY SABATI, WHO CURRENTLY SERV AS THE CHAIR OF THE LAKE COUNTY REPUBLIN PARTY, SLAMMED PRI MONTH AS “ANTI-AMERIN” AND PROPOSED WAYS THE STATE ERNMENT ULD EFFECTIVELY END LGBTQ PRI CELEBRATNS.“THERE’S A GREAT RET GOG ON. AND I SAY, WELL, IF YOU LOOK AROUND, REALLY, I THK THE GREAT RET IS A GAY RET. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT PRI MONTH, THAT’S PRETTY MUCH, LIKE, THE WHOLE PROGRAM,” SABATI, WHO IS NNG FOR CONGRS, SAID AT AN EVENT. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHEN THE EVENT TOOK PLACE, BUT VIO OF HIS SPEECH WAS POSTED TO TWTER ON FRIDAY BY LIBERAL ACTIVIST LREN WDSOR.“WE HAVE TO END PRI MONTH, OKAY?” SABATI NTUED TO APPLSE OM THE DIENCE. “WE HAVE TO CSH PRI MONTH. IT HAS TO GO AWAY.”“IT’S TIME TO CSH PRI MONTH AND THE BS THAT PROMOTE THAT TOXIC ANTI-AMERIN GARBAGE.”NEW -> LAKE COUNTY GOP CHAIR + HOE NDIDATE ANTHONY SABATI: "IT'S TIME TO CSH PRI MONTH AND THE BS THAT PROMOTE THAT TOXIC ANTI-AMERIN GARBAGE." HE WANTS TO CHANGE CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS BC RABOWS ARE "AN ANTI-CHRISTIAN HATE SYMBOL." — LREN WDSOR (@LAWDSOR) JULY 14, 2023 SABATI SUGGTED THE FLORIDA ERNMENT SHOULD PASS A LAW BANNG ALL UNTI, SCHOOL BOARDS, CY MISSNS, AND EVEN BS OM PROMOTG PRI MONTH ANY WAY. HE POTED TO THE CY OF MOUNT DORA, WHICH MARKED PRI BY HANGG RABOW BANNERS ALONG THE STREETS.“FIRST WE NEED TO CSH PRI MONTH” BY BANNG PEOPLE OM SPENDG STATE OR LOL FUNDS ON , SABATI SAID. “WE NEED TO BEND OUR CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS TO MAKE ACTNABLE LEGALLY FOR WHEN THEY DO DO THAT BEE ’S AN ANTI-CHRISTIAN HATE SYMBOL.”REPUBLINS ACROSS THE UNTRY ARE STEADILY MAKG THE U.S. MORE HOSTILE TO LGBTQ PEOPLE, AND FLORIDA IS LEADG THE CHARGE. STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE PASSED LAWS EXPANDG “DON’T SAY GAY,” BANNG DISCSNS OF PERSONAL PRONOUNS SCHOOLS, AND PROHIBG TRANSGENR PEOPLE OM G THE BATHROOM THAT ALIGNS WH THEIR GENR ON ANY PUBLIC PROPERTY. MEANWHILE, GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS EARLIER THIS MONTH SHARED WHAT IS POSSIBLY THE MOST BIGOTED AD EVER FOR HIS PRINTIAL MPAIGN.AND ’S NOT JT AT THE STATE LEVEL. THE SUPREME COURT LED JUNE THAT BS N REFE TO SERVE LGBTQ PEOPLE, WHICH HAS ALREADY SPURRED MORE DISCRIMATN. AND ON FRIDAY, THE HOE OF REPRENTATIV PASSED A FENSE BUDGET THAT BANS THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OM FLYG PRI FLAGS OR REIMBURSG TRAVEL STS FOR SERVICE MEMBERS WHO SEEK GENR-AFFIRMG RE.SHARE THIS STORYEDOR’S PICKCOULD JAM COMER POSSIBLY GET MORE EMBARRASSG? (UM, Y.) MOST RECENT POSTTORI OTTEN/JULY 14, 2023/3:52 P.M. ETSHARE THIS STORYHERE ARE THE DEMOCRATS WHO HELPED PASS THE “WAR ON WOKE” DEFENSE BILLFOUR DEMOCRATS JOED REPUBLINS TO PASS THE RADIL BILL TARGETG ABORTN, LGBTQ RIGHTS, AND MORE. ANNA MONEYMAKER/GETTY IMAGTHE HOE OF REPRENTATIV ON FRIDAY PASSED A FENSE BUDGET THAT WAS LOAD WH REPUBLIN AMENDMENTS AIMED AT FURTHERG THEIR CULTURE WARS.THE HOE VOTED 219–210 FOR THE NEWLY EXTREME BILL, WHICH NOW BANS THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OM FLYG PRI FLAGS, FUNDG DIVERSY, EQUY, AND CLN IATIV, AND REIMBURSG TRAVEL STS FOR SERVICE MEMBERS WHO NEED TO GET AN ABORTN.FOUR DEMOCRATS BROKE RANKS TO VOTE WH REPUBLINS. HERE ARE THE DEMOCRATS WHO VOTED FOR THE FENSE BUDGET ALL S BIGOTED GLORY.DONALD DAVIS OF NORTH CAROLAJARED GOLN OF MAEMARIE GLUENKAMP PEREZ OF WASHGTONGABE VASQUEZ OF NEW MEXITHIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT SOME OF THE MEMBERS HAVE SID WH REPUBLINS. GOLN AND PEREZ VOTED MAY TO REPEAL PRINT JOE BIN’S STUNT BT RELIEF PROGRAM AND TO END THE FERAL STUNT LOAN REPAYMENT EEZE. DAVIS ALSO VOTED THURSDAY TO CLU THE PRI FLAG BAN AMENDMENT THE FENSE BUDGET.SHARE THIS STORYEDOR’S PICKFAR-RIGHT REPUBLINS’ RADIL, BIGOTED ATTACK ON THE DEFENSE BILLMOST RECENT POSTPREM THAKKER/JULY 14, 2023/3:45 P.M. ETSHARE THIS STORYTWO DEMOCRATS HELP REPUBLINS PASS VILE BAN ON PRI FLAGS MILARYEVEN THREE REPUBLINS VOTED AGAST THE MEASURE, AND YET…RICH GRASLE/IN SPORTSWIRE/GETTY IMAGTWO DEMOCRATS—ONE POISED TO BE THE PARTY’S NEXT ANOTED KYRSTEN SEMA—HELPED REPUBLINS DIFY DONALD TMP’S POLICY BANNG THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OM DISPLAYG PRI FLAGS.THE AMENDMENT TO THE NATNAL FENSE BILL ME OM REPUBLIN REPRENTATIVE RALPH NORMAN, AS PART OF THE STREAM OF CULTURE WAR ISSU THE PARTY TOOK UP BEFORE THEY VOTED TO SHOVE ANOTHER NEARLY TRILLN MORE DOLLARS TO THE ARY DTRIAL PLEX.IN A 218–213 VOTE LATE THURSDAY, THE HOE APPROVED THE AMENDMENT THAT WOULD BAN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORC OR CIVILIAN EMPLOYE OM DISPLAYG ANY FLAG OTHER THAN THE AMERIN, OR OTHER LIMED APPROVED FLAGS LIKE STATE OR ARY SERVICE ON, OR FLAGS OF ANOTHER UNTRY THAT IS “AN ALLY OR PARTNER OF THE UNED STAT.” THE AMENDMENT WAS WILY TERPRETED AS ONE TARGETG PRI FLAGS PARTICULAR.A NORMAN AI NOTED THAT WHILE THE PENTAGON HASN’T FLOWN A PRI FLAG, THE GOAL OF THE AMENDMENTS IS TO GET AHEAD OF THE TREND OF MORE AND MORE AGENCI DISPLAYG PRI FLAGS, EVEN SIMPLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA ACUNTS. ACTS AS EXTREME AS THE NAVY HAVG A RABOW TWTER BANNER DURG PRI MONTH THIS YEAR WERE ENOUGH TO LIGHT THE FIRE UNRNEATH 218 HOE MEMBERS TO PUT THE FOOT DOWN ON LETTG ANYONE IMAGE THAT ARY MEMBERS MIGHT BE GAY.THE AMENDMENT DIFI A TMP-ERA (AND BIN-UPHELD) POLICY THAT BANS PRI FLAGS OM ARY BAS. SUCH AN AMENDMENT EVEN GOT THREE REPUBLIN DISSENTERS REPRENTATIV BRIAN FZPATRICK, MIKE LAWLER, AND MARC MOLARO.STILL, TWO DEMOCRATS CID THE BIGOTED BAN WAS ONE WORTH ADDG TO THE FENSE BILL: MICHIGAN’S ELISSA SLOTK AND NORTH CAROLA’S DON DAVIS.DAVIS MAY BE TRIANGULATG AS HE ANTICIPAT UNFAVORABLE GERRYMANRG OM STATE REPUBLINS. NEVERTHELS A WEAK EXCE, AS IS POLILLY EPT FOR DEMOCRATS TO LEGIMIZE SUCH AS ANYTHG MORE THAN PALTRY CULTURE WAR. RELATEDLY, DAVIS ALSO JOED EIGHT DEMOCRATS—CLUDG THOSE WHO VOTED AGAST STUNT BT RELIEF— APPROVG REPUBLIN CHIP ROY’S AMENDMENT TO BAN FUNDS OM GOG TOWARDS TEACHG CRIL RACE THEORY.SUCH URGENT PRRI THE DEMOCRATS BRAVELY GAVE CRENCE TO.SLOTK, FOR HER PART, SAID HER VOTE WAS “TO BAN HATEFUL FLAGS OM FLYG ON ARY BAS, PARTICULARLY THE CONFERATE FLAG,” ARGUG THAT THE MOST SOUND WAY TO BAN “HATEFUL FLAGS” WAS BY PURSUG A NEAR-UNIVERSAL FLAG BAN.ANOTHER VOTE, ON REP. NORMAN’S AMENDMENT, SUPPORTS A POLICY ENDORSED BY DEFENSE SEC. LLOYD AT TO BAN HATEFUL FLAGS OM FLYG ON ARY BAS, PARTICULARLY THE CONFERATE FLAG. I’D RATHER SUPPORT A NO-FLAG POLICY THAN ALLOW HATEFUL IMAGERY ABOVE U.S. ARY BAS.— REP. ELISSA SLOTK (@REPSLOTK) JULY 14, 2023 SLOTK MAY VERY WELL HAVE BELIEVED HER VOTE TO BE MORE ABOUT BANNG HATEFUL SYMBOLS AT THE RELATIVELY SMALLER EXPENSE OF BANNG PRI FLAGS. EVEN IF THAT WAS THE SE—AND NSIRG THAT THE ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC UC OTHERWISE VOTED AGAST THE AMENDMENT—THE VOTE ADDS TO A BROAR RERD OF THE DEMOCRATS’ HEIR-APPARENT MICHIGAN SENATE NDIDATE DISSENTG AGAST OTHER UC-WI .PREVLY, SLOTK HAS OPPOSED STUNT BT ASSISTANCE ON A VOTE SUPPORTED BY 93 PERCENT OF THE UC, VOTED AGAST 85 PERCENT OF HER UC ON WHETHER THE UNED STAT SHOULD SIMPLY STUDY THE IMPACT OF S SANCTNS ON OTHER UNTRI, VOTED TO OVERTURN LOLLY ENACTED CRIMAL JTICE AND VOTG RIGHTS REFORMS WASHGTON, D.C., AND EVEN VOTED AGAST 94 PERCENT OF HER UC TO BAR SECURY CLEARANCE OM ANYONE WHO HAS ED NNABIS.SLOTK ALSO DO NOT OPENLY SUPPORT MEDIRE FOR ALL, THE GREEN NEW DEAL, OR ABOLISHG THE ATH PENALTY. AND NOW, SHE HAS SIGNED ON TO A REPUBLIN-LED BILL THAT BANS MEMBERS OF THE ARMED SERVICE OM DISPLAYG A PRI FLAG.MICHIGAN IS PART OF DEMOCRATS’ GROWG MIDWTERN BLUE WALL—A REGN WHERE THE PARTY HAS SHOWN, OVER AND OVER AGA, HOW STRONG MMENTS TO PROGRSIVE N ACTUALLY MANIFT TO MEANGFUL CHANGE FOR LNS OF PEOPLE. BUT SLOTK IS PROVG OVER AND OVER AGA HER NGENCE WH THAT POSSIBILY.THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN UPDATED.SHARE THIS STORYEDOR’S PICKFAR-RIGHT REPUBLINS’ RADIL, BIGOTED ATTACK ON THE DEFENSE BILLMOST RECENT POSTTORI OTTEN/JULY 14, 2023/3:15 P.M. ETSHARE THIS STORYREPUBLINS SUCCSFULLY WEAPONIZE THE DEFENSE BILL FOR THEIR CULTURE WARS
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