DeSantis Campaign Faces Backlash After Promoting Unhinged Anti-LGBTQ Ad

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign shared a bizarre, meme-filled video Friday celebrating the governor’s anti-LGBTQ record and attacking Donald Trump’s 2016 pledge to “do everything in my power to protect our LGBTQ citizens.” The video, which was posted by the DeSantis War Room account and amplified by DeSantis influencers, has been widely condemned as homophobic, even by some Republicans. The video opens with a string of clips of Trump making positive comments about the LGBTQ community, including one that came in the wake of the Pulse nightclub massacre in...