A federal judge says that DeSantis was spreading lies when he called gender-affirming care āmutilation.ā
This year has been all downhill for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. His presidential aspirations are going up in smoke thanks to his complete lack of charisma and general campaign incompetence. His losing war against Disney is costing Florida taxpayers millions of dollars. Now a federal court all but called DeSantis a liar for the way he justified his ban on medical care for trans youth.
DeSantis repeatedly claimed that the law was necessary to prevent youth from being āmutilated.ā In just one example, he went after one reporter who questioned him about it when he signed the bill last May.
āAnd when you talk to people and I know, like people in your industry will dress it up with a euphemism, and theyāll say itās health care to cut off the private parts of a 14 or 15 year old,ā DeSantis said. āThat is not health care. That is mutilation.ā
Tell that to U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle.
Do consider this doesnāt actually happen - but this hypothetical point is often repeated and signal-boosted above the bad things that actually do happen to trans kids, and people who simply donāt want us to exist fully believe itās real, discuss it as our agenda, and even threaten institutions and doctors who may or may not actually provide gender affirming care.
