DeSantis Campaign Press Release - Ron DeSantis: "As a parent, you do not have the right to abuse your kids."

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – During the Fourth Republican Presidential Primary Debate, Ron DeSantis said:

"As a parent, you do not have the right to abuse your kids. This is mutilating these minors. These are irreversible procedures. And this is something that other countries in Europe like Sweden - Once they started doing it, they saw it did incalculable damage. They've shut it down. I signed legislation in Florida banning the mutilation of minors because it is wrong. We cannot allow this to happen in this country. And I know Chris disagrees with me. And I think he has an honest position. Nikki disagrees with me. She opposes the bill that we did the ban that she said law shouldn't get involved with it.

You said the law shouldn't get involved with it. She also though, I think - And this flows from what she did as governor of South Carolina. You know, they had a bill to try to say that men shouldn't go into girls' bathrooms. And she killed that bill. And she bragged that she killed that bill. Even to this day she bragged that. I don't think men should be going into little girls' bathrooms. I think it's wrong. And I think we have every right to protect them from that."

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"I signed the bathroom bill in Florida. So that's obviously not true.

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You killed it. I signed it.

I stood up for little girls. You didn't do it. And there was this going on. I was actually just in South Carolina. Some of the legislators told me at the time, there were boys going into the girls. That's the whole reason why they did it. So they say when she does that explanation, that that doesn't hold water, and this is the upstate of South Carolina. I signed the bill. I protected the girls. She did not do it."

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