Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has had a few press conferences to put to bed the idea that Florida is banning books. He did show the press some of the sexually explicit illustrations from books he doesn’t believe belong in school libraries, but the press won’t pass those images along because they have policies against publishing sexually explicit material.
Ed Krassenstein has some breaking news: President Joe Biden, as part of his strategy to “protect” the LGBTQ community, is going to be appointing an “anti-book ban” coordinator.” This should be a fairly easy gig, as the “book bans” are drastically overstated (moving a book of poetry from the elementary section of the library to the middle school section isn’t “banning” it, as the media reported).
BREAKING: President Biden will be appointing an “anti-book ban” coordinator as part of his new strategy to protect the LGBTQ community.
– The White House will hold the largest ever Pride event in history on the South Lawn this evening.
– The anti-book ban coordinator, who has… pic.twitter.com/yIHK31hhEw— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) June 8, 2023
Here’s the whole tweet:
BREAKING: President Biden will be appointing an “anti-book ban” coordinator as part of his new strategy to protect the LGBTQ community.
– The White House will hold the largest ever Pride event in history on the South Lawn this evening.
– The anti-book ban coordinator, who has not yet been named, will advise school districts on the legality of banning books.
– This comes after over 870 different books have been banned from school libraries/curriculums this year, which is 30% higher than last year.
– Greater than 25% of the books banned in schools have had LGBTQ themes or characters.
– More than 70 bills that the Human Rights Campaign considers anti-LGBTQ were passed during this legislative session, which is twice as many as last year.Do you support these measures by President Biden?
Do you think that anti-wokeness has gone too far?
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By all means, appoint someone to the Biden administration to explain why middle schools should have a book that teaches sixth-graders about Grindr, “scat play,” and … well, we don’t want to attract any porn bots.
I think Biden would really help the cause if he read these "banned" books at the event in front of elementary school kids. https://t.co/2TdaJg0nwT
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) June 8, 2023
Here's one he can read: https://t.co/yPt0DDjC9e
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) June 8, 2023
Good. Will this settle them down? So tired of it all.
— MedicosMom (@MedicosMom) June 8, 2023
You're assuming that he can actually still read…..
— Shady Cajun (@ShadyCajun) June 8, 2023
Let’s hear him read these “banned” books to elementary school children on the south lawn. It will be spectacular!
— Rando mind/your/own/business (@RandomFLDude) June 8, 2023
Books that are deemed inappropriate for children are not book bans.
There are no books banned. Anyone can go to the public library check out Genderqueer if they want too.
— The Failing NY Times (@FormerNewspaper) June 8, 2023
This will end up like his “misinformation”coordinator.
— HardWiredHippy (@HardWiredHippy) June 8, 2023
I’m so glad the book that teaches kids how to use Grindr will be put back on school library shelves.
— James Landrum (@JamesRLandrum) June 8, 2023
Protect them from what?
— Kilo Harrison 🇺🇸 (@kil071art) June 8, 2023
Porn for all kids of all ages! Where was Biden when I was in elementary school. I would have LOVED to have had Playboy in my elementary school library!
— Photo of John Wayne (@ThatOldCoyote) June 8, 2023
Groomer in chief…
— Steven Pappas (@StevenJ_Pappas) June 8, 2023
If you can still buy the book it was never banned.
There are many books not in public schools for a plethora of reasons. Many not meeting age appropriate standards. Doesn't mean the book is banned.
Let use the right context instead of misleading those who only read headlines.
— Clinton Rarey (@ClintonRarey) June 8, 2023
No, the LGBT community pushed too hard.
"We just want marriage equality" turned into "we just want to show our penises in women's locker rooms and perform sexual drag shows in front of kids"
Now the fight is on.
— The Temple Co 🔺 (@The_Temple_Co) June 8, 2023
This man needs to go. I voted for him and am eternally ashamed.
— Slim Wiggy (@SlimWiggy) June 8, 2023
We’d love to see Biden sit down on the South Lawn and read “Gender Queer” to a bunch of kids, because keeping the book out of children’s school libraries is apparently harming the LGBTQ community in some way.
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RFK Jr. corrects claim about Fla. ‘book ban’ (media misinformation alert!) https://t.co/lP4CugJ96o
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 31, 2023
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