Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sat down with CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell.
By Kathryn WatsonFlorida Gov. and presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis said the NAACP is pulling a"stunt" by calling Florida hostile to Black Americans, other minorities and LGBTQ+ people.
"I have more African American students on scholarships for our school-choice program than any other state in the United States," DeSantis continued."And so we've shown people can succeed in Florida regardless of their race, ethnicity, any of that." "Well, part of the reason they think that is 'cause of narratives that are put out by media," DeSantis responded."I mean, for example, when we had the fight with Disney over the elementary education about, should you have things about sex and gender identity telling a second grader that their gender's fluid? We said, 'Absolutely not.' Parents in Florida agreed. And throughout — the country I think agreed with that.
Asked when the right age is to talk about gender identity in schools, DeSantis didn't offer an age but said it's"unacceptable" a child could transition genders without parental consent.
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