View co-host Ana Navarro told drag queens to celebrate Pride Month “by changing your names to Rhonda Santas” to poke fun at Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
She made the comments during Friday’s episode of the ABC show where hosts praised the Biden administration for announcing new initiatives to support the LGBTQ community.
Co-hosts Navarro, Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Sunny Hostin went on to slam conservatives like Republican DeSantis for passing hundreds of “anti-LGBTQ” laws and claimed they targeted transgender people.
Navarro said the idea is to drive people to the polls through fear, anger and angst that “drag queens are coming for your kids.”
It comes after DeSantis signed a bill banning sex reassignment surgeries and drugs for children last month.
The View co-host Ana Navarro told drag queens to celebrate Pride Month ‘by changing your names to Rhonda Santas’ to mock Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
The co-hosts slammed conservatives like Republican DeSantis for passing hundreds of ‘anti-LGBTQ’ laws and claimed they targeted transgender people
Navarro slammed the drag queens’ criticisms and said they didn’t hurt children.
“People, let me tell you this, drag queens don’t even like kids,” she said. “They don’t tip and they don’t drink!” »
“To me, it’s so contrary to the idea of parental choice. No kid goes to a drag show.
She then offered her tips for dragging the queens on how to poke fun at DeSantis.
“I would say to all drag queens: for June, Pride month, let’s celebrate by changing your names to Rhonda Santas,” Navarro said.
His comments were met with a chorus of laughter. She then added: ‘If taking a child to a drag show is such a danger, why don’t you penalize the parent for putting the child in danger?’
“Leave the drag queens alone.”
While co-host Haines said parents don’t, but there are scenarios where drag queens read and entertain children.
‘People don’t do that. I don’t let my kids watch PG movies yet. I like a drag show. That doesn’t mean my kids belong there now.
“But it’s not because of the drag queens. It’s because of some of the sexually explicit behavior [things] and language.
Haines went on to denounce the “obsession” with gender-affirming care and how it is restricted everywhere.
“It’s an umbrella for every part of a child’s medical treatment to get the help they need.
“A big part of that is working with psychologists and doctors who are all licensed and following all the rules that have been approved, helping them realize that this is something that I’m going through.
“They actually help them.”
And co-host Goldberg added, “You’re killing our kids.” You tell our children that they don’t belong, that they are not welcome. And God bless this table.
“I’m going to fight, we’re going to fight for everyone’s right to be themselves here in America because that’s America’s promise.”
Navarro slammed the critics of drag queens and said they don’t hurt children
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill banning sex reassignment surgeries and drugs such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy for children
DeSantis, who has announced he is running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has staked part of his political future on cultural issues surrounding LGBTQ rights.
A Florida law, known as Senate Bill 254, was passed by the state legislature last month that bans sex reassignment surgeries for minors.
It also prohibits doctors from giving drugs to minors or performing publicly funded “gender-affirming” medical procedures if they are under 18.
The bill also puts in place more safeguards for adults who receive the procedures, to ensure they are informed of the “irreversible nature and dangers of the procedures,” DeSantis said May 17.
The law, which takes effect immediately, specifically requires that transgender adults obtain written consent on a form adopted by the Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
And new Florida law grants Florida courts jurisdiction in custody battles over transgender children when a Florida parent objects to treatment that is being pursued by an out-of-state parent. .
DeSantis applauded the legislation at a May 17 bill-signing press conference, while criticizing states that conduct experimental procedures on minors.
‘This will definitively prohibit the mutilation of minors. It will ban surgical procedures and experimental puberty blockers for minors,” he said.
He denounced states that “welcome” minors and encourage sex reassignment surgeries without parental consent.
“You actually have some states in this country that want to be a haven for these kinds of procedures and even take in minors without parental consent,” DeSantis said.
“We obviously do the opposite here,” he continued, adding that the law is an important way to “recover damages” resulting from mutilating operations inflicted on a minor.
“They should be able to sue the doctor who hurt them, and now they’re going to be able to do that with this law,” DeSantis said.
However, critics say the bill has “created a chilling effect” on the medical community.
Marci Bowers, president of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), said she is “inserting politics into health care”.
“This ban threatens healthcare providers with criminal penalties simply for doing their job, and will make it even more difficult for transgender and gender-diverse people to obtain essential healthcare,” Bowers continued.
Critics call parental rights in education the ‘don’t say gay’ law and say it will hurt gay and transgender youth in Florida
Former President Donald Trump, who announced his re-election bid last November, has spoken out against DeSantis
And a Republican supermajority in Florida passed an expansion of its so-called “don’t say gay” law early last month to cover all public school students from kindergarten through 8th grade.
The newly expanded Parental Rights in Education bill was sent to DeSantis’ office on May 3 for his signature after passing the legislature by a 27-21 vote.
This follows the Florida State Board of Education’s vote in April to ban the subject of sexual orientation and gender identity from all public schools for all grades through graduation. secondary.
Critics have dubbed the bill the “don’t say gay” law, saying it could harm gay and transgender students by preventing discussions in public school classrooms.
The new law also makes it easier for parents to ensure that books they deem inappropriate are removed from their children’s shelves.
Anyone can challenge a book for any reason in their county. Once a challenge is completed, the book in question must be removed from the shelves during the review process, which can take weeks or months.
