Karine Jean-Pierre says DeSantis targeting trans kids is actually 'hate' trends now
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre knocked 'extreme' Republicans, especially Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, for their anti-'woke' agenda targeting transgender Americans, which she said Friday is 'despicable' and actually 'hate.'
Jean-Pierre was asked at the briefing to react to DeSantis' first appearance in Iowa Friday, as the Republican mulls a 2024 presidential bid.
'It is wrong to tell a second-grader that they were born in the wrong body. It is wrong to have gender ideology imposed in our schools, and in Florida we don't let it happen,' DeSantis said in Davenport, Iowa, earning applause. 'We have fought the fight and we are going to do more. Just let our kids be kids - stop using an agenda,' he said.
Jean-Pierre said DeSantis' talk was not about 'protecting freedoms' or 'having a good faith conversation of how we can move the country forward.'
'This is about attacking - we're talking about young kids and their parents. Because of how they view themselves. Because of how they see themselves. Because of how they want to live. Kids and their parents,' Jean-Pierre said.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre knocked 'extreme' Republicans, especially Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, for their anti-'woke' agenda targeting transgender Americans, which she said Friday is 'despicable' and actually 'hate'
'It is wrong to tell a second-grader that they were born in the wrong body. It is wrong to have gender ideology imposed in our schools, and in Florida we don't let it happen,' DeSantis said in Davenport, Iowa
'What does that have to do with anything about being woke?' she asked. 'It is just hate. And it is shameful, it is shameful.'
More broadly Jean-Pierre said that when 'extreme Republicans ' and 'MAGA Republicans' don't agree with
