'This is actionable kidnapping': Joy Reid accuses Ron DeSantis of child abuse for having black children hold up anti-CRT signs

Let’s take you back to April 11. Gov. Ron DeSantis, a father, signed into law a bill that would provide $70 million to support fatherhood. That’s … good, right? That’s not important. What was important is that DeSantis had his daughters up on stage with him, using them as political props. Ron Filipkowski had a problem with DeSantis telling his younger daughter to “stand up.” She obviously didn’t want to be there and why can’t we just let kids be kids, asked the man who supports teaching kindergarteners about sexual orientation and gender fluidity. Worse yet was Jon Pavlovitz, who posted a picture of DeSantis with his daughters with the caption, “THIS is grooming.”

DeSantis has signed more legislation to keep critical race theory out of public schools, and this time he was using other people’s black children as political props, which the always-level-headed Joy Reid equated to child abuse.

This mis-use of Black boys is tantamount to child abuse. I would really like to hear the back-story on who these kids were and how they wound up at a DeSantis event. Given how anti-Black DeSantis is, using Black children this way is extra sick. https://t.co/FUyS5GDNMw

— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) April 23, 2022

Reid’s followers agreed, but we have to give special mention to Spy Doggie:

It's outright hostage-taking https://t.co/PhKBJ1REzt

— Spy Doggie 🇺🇦 (@SpyDoggie) April 23, 2022

Oh, wait, the Miami Herald might not see that awesome take and look into it; better tag them:

This is actionably kidnapping @MiamiHerald @jkbjournalist https://t.co/PhKBJ1REzt

— Spy Doggie 🇺🇦 (@SpyDoggie) April 23, 2022

The only account tagged should have been @BadLegalTakes.

Notice she automatically assumes the young men were being exploited before knowing any details of the event. https://t.co/OixKDVqEpV

— Chad Felix Greene 🇮🇱 (@chadfelixg) April 23, 2022

What is sick is denying these young men agency to make decisions for themselves.

You do this alot.
Argue that POC are being exploited against their will when they share a message you disagree with, or believe they shouldn't have because of their skin color. https://t.co/OixKDVqEpV

— Chad Felix Greene 🇮🇱 (@chadfelixg) April 23, 2022

I was working at this event and helped with the set up. My colleague talked to all the kids beforehand & told them what the issue was & what bills @GovRonDeSantis was signing. Hundreds of people attended this event; those ~50 who ended up on stage freely chose to stand on stage. pic.twitter.com/rU21GMtSr1

— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) April 23, 2022

“Anti-black” 🙄🙄🙄

— Karol Markowicz (@karol) April 23, 2022

Thanks for the invite. We’re always proud to support the governor

— Jillian Anderson (@Jillie_Alexis) April 23, 2022

So I’m guessing every young black man who holds a BLM sign is aware that the money is going to a Marxist to buy mansions in LA?

— DAsher767 (@Dasher767) April 23, 2022

This senator wants to lose some money:

Search the last year of photos posted on @RonDeSantisFL – for every photo (there’s maybe 3) of the Governor meeting with Black Floridians (who are not elected, appointed, LEO’s or props at a press conference), I’ll donate $100 to your favorite non-profit. pic.twitter.com/KzO7L9QVSZ

— Senator Jason Pizzo (@senpizzo) April 22, 2022

Nice he left himself the “out” of specifying that “props” weren’t included. Black and pro-DeSantis? Prop.

Related:

‘This is grooming’: Ron Filipkowski, John Pavlovitz disgusted that Gov. Ron DeSantis uses his children as props and won’t let them ‘just be a kid’ https://t.co/NRzdODra34

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 11, 2022