Liberal Activists Try To Cancel DeSantis Jewish Event In New York
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The Tikvah Fund is hosting The Jewish Leadership conference at Pier Sixty in New York. The event will include many Conservative speakers – one of which is Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
DeSantis is set to discuss “the Florida model and why it’s good for religious Americans.”
The Tikvah Fund, a conservative Jewish organization, was all set to host a conference in June at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York, when months of planning were suddenly derailed by its last-minute addition of a speaker who might have once been uncontroversial: the Republican governor of Florida.
The fund had invited Gov. Ron DeSantis to discuss the vibrancy of Jewish life in Florida, a topic the fund wrote about in the April issue of its magazine, one month after Mr. DeSantis had signed legislation that prohibits classroom instruction and discussion about sexual orientation and gender identity in elementary schools.
The left is lashing out.
New York lawmakers and activists are trying to get the event canceled due to DeSantis’ inclusion in the event.
New York lawmakers called on the Chelsea Piers entertainment center to cancel an upcoming event that includes Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, saying his appearance would be an insult to the city’s LGBTQ community.
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Assemblymember Deborah Glick and Council Member Erik Bottcher, who also represent the area, joined Hoylman in expressing outrage at DeSantis’s inclusion in the event, as did US Representative Mondaire Jones and Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou, Democrats currently running for the state’s 10th Congressional District.
This is an insult to the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ movement.
I stand with @bradhoylman and others calling in Chelsea Piers to immediately cancel this event. https://t.co/VaIBg0pRs9
— Carolyn B. Maloney (@CarolynBMaloney) June 6, 2022
Ron DeSantis is coming to my neighborhood, Chelsea, NY, the home & heart of #LGBTQ community in NYC. HE IS NOT WELCOME HERE, ESPECIALLY DURING #Pride2022 https://t.co/3Vd6eeeOtg
— Peter Morley (@morethanmySLE) June 6, 2022
New York State Senator Brad Holyman demanded the event be canceled.
As #LGBTQ elected officials we demand @ChelseaPiersNYC cancel the event with “Don’t Say Gay” Florida Governor @RonDeSantisFL during #pridemonth2022 in Chelsea, the heart of our community ⬇️⬇️⬇️@DeborahJGlick @ebottcher https://t.co/rGsUJMOq4D
— Senator Brad Hoylman (@bradhoylman) June 6, 2022
Rep. Jerry Nadler smeared DeSantis as “a vocal opponent of LGBTQ+ rights and equality.”
It is disgraceful that Ron Desantis, a vocal opponent of LGBTQ+ rights and equality, will be speaking at Chelsea Piers during the month in which we celebrate the diversity and resilience of the LGBTQ+ community.
— Rep. Nadler (@RepJerryNadler) June 6, 2022
Dave Rubin responded to the smearing of DeSantis by blasting the left saying “You people find problems everywhere except where they really are.”
Hi Brad, you absolute 🤡. Here’s @RonDeSantisFL with me and my husband a few days ago. This was right before a sold out show of 1000 people cheering for freedom and liberty.
You people find problems everywhere except where they really are. https://t.co/LZgvdB8v3z pic.twitter.com/CWQZESeqkD
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) June 6, 2022
