But romance (which is not the same as sex!) has always been a part of cartoons and children’s programming.Īs for DeSantis’ claim that things were different, better, and safer, when he was a kid, that’s ridiculous. Once again, we have a Republican demonstrating a total inability to see the mere existence of LGBTQ+ people as anything but inherently sexual. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) again baselessly claims Disney is injecting sexuality into cartoons while stumping for Nevada Senate candidate Adam Laxalt /7FrKGGjzLT- The Recount April 28, 2022 “When we were young, you could watch cartoons without having to worry.” “Now, parents have to sit there and worry about, what are they trying to inject in? What type of ideology are they trying to pursue? And that is wrong.” “And so my wife and I, you know we were thinking to ourselves, you know when we were young you could watch cartoons without having to worry,” DeSantis said. Speaking at a Nevada bar, DeSantis rattled off all the culture war talking points he’s come to rest his entire political career on, including accusing Disney of trying to “inject sexuality” into “programming for very young kids.” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis traveled to Nevada this week to stump for a Republican Senate candidate.
