DeSantis Says He Cut ALL Florida Art Funding Over... Sexual Festivals?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, in typical fashion, revealed during a news conference Thursday he vetoed all of Florida’s public art grants last week because of a pair of events he deemed were “sexual festivals.”

DeSantis, 45, has governed over Florida with a heavy hand since he took office in 2018, directing and diverting state funds in bizarre ways—like spending more than a million in taxpayer dollars to fly migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard for a political stunt in 2022.

Now, two events DeSantis claims were “sexual” have been blamed as the reason he vetoed $32 million in art grants statewide—funds the state legislature had already approve in Florida’s budget.

Read more at The Daily Beast.