As we reported back in August, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent a gay state senator fuming when he demolished and repainted a rainbow crosswalk in Orlando. DeSantis announced that the state was going to stop making crosswalks into political statements and return them to their original purpose: pedestrian safety. State Senator Carlos G. Smith bravely fought back by grabbing some sidewalk chalk and filling the colors back in.
Getting rid of the LGBTQ crosswalks is a great idea. As we reported, they had protected status. You could burn an American flag, but three teenagers were arrested in Spokane, Washington, for first-degree "malicious mischief" for leaving skid marks on a pride mural with their rented scooters.
End Wokeness has some particularly satisfying footage of a rainbow sidewalk being torn up in Miami Beach.
LGBTQ crosswalk in Miami Beach torn up by Florida DOT pic.twitter.com/H3uXsxiw74
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 6, 2025
LGBTQI+ rainbow crosswalk gets DEMOLISHED in Miami Beach, Florida.
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) October 6, 2025
The removal comes following a directive by the states Department of Transportation which prohibits road art with “social, political, or ideological messages.”
pic.twitter.com/K6O4QwAxxE
So crosswalks are going to look like crosswalks again?
The nation is healing.
— Planet Of Memes (@PlanetOfMemes) October 6, 2025
Not all heroes wear capes pic.twitter.com/zKPNfbd98s
— Liberty Pill Memes (@LibertyPillMeme) October 6, 2025
— Jared Marsh (@Real_JaredMarsh) October 6, 2025
More of this please! pic.twitter.com/bau8VaFl6R
— Liberty Chai (@LibertyChai_) October 6, 2025
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Now how will they ever be able to cross the street? They're trapped! We straights take for granted our heterosexual crosswalks.
— Southpaw Patrol (@SouthpawPatrol) October 6, 2025
They could have auctioned off the opportunity to do that
— All Out of Mercy (@TheMobDrools) October 6, 2025
— RazielReed (@GMW_RAZIEL) October 6, 2025
Good. Roads are for traffic, not for political statements.
— AMIRAN 🇮🇱 (@Amiran_Zizovi) October 6, 2025
Yeah I'm going to guess that's not the whole story there
— 🎗️ Mister V (@TolaimShelEldad) October 6, 2025
We were curious about that too. Perhaps this was just part of scheduled maintenance at the intersection. But it sure is fun to watch:
— 💞I’m baaaack💞 (@GinaQuiroz10) October 6, 2025
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