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Ron DeSantis on Families & Children |
DeSANTIS: The American dream is slipping away from people. There are people that are working hard, getting the most out of their God-given ability, doing everything they can to put food on the table, to raise their families, and they are falling further and further behind. I think government's role--in Florida, we've taken steps to help families. For example, we eliminated all sales tax on every baby item. So, you're raising babies tax-free in the state of Florida -- no tax on diapers, wipes, cribs, strollers, none of that. [On the child tax credit], I can't speak to the specifics of that bill, but my view on economics is: hard work has to pay off in this country. And if we can get that where people are getting ahead, we're going to be able to reinvigorate the American dream.
DESANTIS: The proper role of government is to protect our kids. And I have stood for the innocence of our kids. It is wrong to sexualize the curriculum. It's wrong to tell a kindergartner, like Disney wanted to do, that you can change your gender or tell a third grader that you're born in the wrong body. So I stood up against it--yes, the media didn't like it, the left didn't like it, and Disney didn't like it. Most people, most corporate Republicans would have caved. I stood and I fought for the kids. We took on Disney, and we won that fight and our kids are better off.
Now, we believe in empowering parents, and there are certain standards about what's age and developmentally appropriate. It's wrong to have pornographic materials in fourth or fifth grade.
We also lead the nation in protecting the rights of parents. School systems are important, but they exist to serve the students, parents and the community, not to supersede the rights of parents to direct the education and upbringing of their children. We were one of the first states to enact a Parents' Bill of Rights and curriculum transparency.
We protected women's sports--as the father of two daughters I think it is important that they have the opportunity to compete with fairness and integrity. We protected our children from indoctrination and sexualized curriculum, and we stood up for parents against the woke mob
Gov. Nikki Haley: I actually said his "Don't Say Gay" bill didn't go far enough because it only talked about gender until the third grade and I said it shouldn't be done at all that, that's for parents to talk about.
Nikki Haley: When I was governor, I said boys go into boys' bathrooms, girls go into girls' bathrooms and if anyone else has an issue, they use a private bathroom. When Ron was running for governor, he said he didn't think bathroom bills were a good use of his time.
Ron DeSantis: I signed a bathroom bill in Florida, so that's obviously not true. I signed it, you didn't. You killed it. I signed it. I stood up for little girls.
Ron DeSantis (R): No. Cosponsored bill to protect individuals for faith-based noncooperation with gay marriage.
Andrew Gillum (D): Yes. While Tallahassee mayor invited same-sex couples to get married there when refused in other FL counties.