The State of Florida removed a rainbow painted crosswalk that honored 49 people who died in the Pulse nightclub shooting. It did so in the middle of the night. NBC News reported Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' response:
"We will not allow our state roads to be commandeered for political purposes."
Who commandeered that crosswalk in 2017? The State of Florida.
Politics is an insufficient way to explain our world, given its ever shifting sands, serial mistruths and mind numbing double standards. Governor Ron DeSantis' comment should be viewed in that context.
I hope the 27 Camp Mystic girls who died in the tragic July 4th flash floods don't want to be honored with a "political" rainbow. Surely. Texas Governor Greg Abbott can come up with an appropriate football image on behalf of those young girls.
There are good reasons the majority of the country wants nothing to do with either political party. Most of us have lives to live, money to earn and believe U.S. values enshrined in the Constitution are for everybody.
When people gunned down can't be remembered in a way that honors them, then we are in a sorry state. Politics sucks.
