Ever been on social media and come across the phrase “the left can’t meme”?
Turns out, they can’t put together a funny video, either.
A group of Democrats caught more cringes than support during their latest attempt to be mockingly humorous on Twitter, when they posted video of a group of Florida Democrat lawmakers marching arm-in-arm down a hallway singing the word “gay” in response to a GOP-led effort to keep teachers from instructing kindergarteners on topics like same-sex relationships and transgenderism.
And the video...wasn’t good.
We’ve got one thing to say to our GOP colleagues — GAY! pic.twitter.com/AiXzW0chUq
— Florida Senate Democrats (@FLSenateDems) March 7, 2022
Suffice it to say, the video didn’t exactly land well on social media.
please put the wine bottles down
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) March 7, 2022
This video is gonna set the gay rights movement back 50 years
— Dusty Wyatt Chandler (@brnr_account859) March 7, 2022
It’s videos like this that make a mockery of the gay community. I’m gay and stand behind the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Elementary students should not be learning about someone’s sexuality, whether it is gay or straight. They should be kids. They aren’t even thinking about this.
— Clinton Sulak-Tovar (@ClntnJmsSlkTvr) March 7, 2022
Do you always film campaign commercials for the opposition?
— Larry Farlow (@LarryFarlow) March 7, 2022
Do you always film campaign commercials for the opposition?
— Larry Farlow (@LarryFarlow) March 7, 2022
Do you always film campaign commercials for the opposition?
— Larry Farlow (@LarryFarlow) March 7, 2022
The “Parental Rights in Education” bill, dubbed by the left as “Don’t Say Gay,” doesn’t actually ban teachers from talking about their own same-sex families or the history of gay rights, or from teaching about sexuality in middle and high school classrooms. Rather, it simply states that discussions or lessons on "sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.”
The bill has already passed the GOP-controlled Florida House and now makes its way to the Senate. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has indicated that should the bill land on his desk, he will sign it into law.