Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ statement on the 9th anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting made no mention of the LGBTQ and Hispanic communities — the two groups most devastated by the massacre.
Forty-nine people were killed and 53 more injured after a shooter attacked the Orlando gay club on June 12, 2016. Most of the victims were Latino and LGBTQ.
From The Advocate:
Notably, in 2019, DeSantis’s first year as governor, he visited the Pulse memorial, but he caught blowback when his order that year initially made no mention of the queer identity or ethnicity of the victims.
But DeSantis updated his resolution to say the shooting “targeted the LGBTQ and Hispanic community,” as noted by the Florida Phoenix at the time. Every year since, he has used similar language.
But after spending the last few years on a crusade against diversity, equity, and inclusion in state government, DeSantis this year omitted that language from his order once more.
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