How Florida Worked With Haters On “Don’t Say Gay”

The Daily Dot reports:

Emails obtained by the Daily Dot reveal the DeSantis administration’s talking points on the Don’t Say Gay bill, a blend of fact and fiction sent to a slew of reporters, producers, editors, and far-right influencers, who in turn covered it in lockstep with the governor’s views.

These documents, articles, and tweets further underscore how the prominent homophobic and transphobic Twitter account Libs of TikTok factored in as Florida proposed, then passed, the controversial Don’t Say Gay law.

Chaya Raichik of Libs of TikTok has been described as “an anti-LGBTQ+ hate machine” whose posts incite attacks on teachers, children’s hospitals, and Pride events.

Read the full article. There’s much more, including multiple screenshots of exchanges with then-DeSantis spox Christina Pushaw. No paywall.

“Records the Daily Dot received show that [LibsOfTikTok founder Chaya] Raichik communicated with DeSantis’ team.”https://t.co/oJBh8L4Scv

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 11, 2022

It should be shocking, but given the players involved, it sadly isn’t: @GovRonDeSantis conspired with far-right hate groups to sell the public on Don’t Say Gay https://t.co/rcPxYcSxMs

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) October 11, 2022