Biden Denounces Florida GOP’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill As “Hateful”

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🗓️ 10 February 2022

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President Biden denounced Florida Republicans for advancing a bill, which opponents call the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, that bans certain discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom. Are Democrats following the science or the polling? More and more blue states are lining up to ditch mask mandates as the CDC suggests it may be too soon. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Our Democrats following the science or the polling.
0:05.7	Belief starts right now.
0:07.8	More and more blue states lining up to ditch the mask mandates, but the Centers for
0:11.9	Disease Control and Prevention is insisting, hey, this is all way too soon.
0:16.6	A storm cloud in the sunshine state, President Biden versus Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
0:22.0	after the White House attacks, the proposed new Florida school law that critics called
0:26.6	the don't say gay bill.
0:29.8	And feeling the heat on and off the field, Roger Cadal getting tough questions this afternoon
0:35.1	about institutional racism and hiring head coaches, we're going to talk to a former NFL
0:39.6	player who was head of the players union.
0:47.3	Welcome to the Lean MJ tap where we start with the health lead today and the growing gap
0:50.8	between states and the Biden administration looking more and more like a deep COVID
0:55.2	canyon.
0:56.2	Today, New York, New York's governor announced that starting tomorrow, masks and proof
1:00.4	of vaccination will no longer be required for indoor businesses in the Empire State.
1:05.2	That adds to a growing list of Democratic led states that have already announced plans
1:09.4	to roll back mask mandates in the coming days and weeks.
1:12.1	The same time that the New York governor was speaking, we heard the Biden administration
1:16.4	stress the complete opposite message that it is not the time to lift those restrictions.
1:22.5	We are working on that guidance.
1:24.2	We are working on following the trends for the moment.
1:28.8	What I will say though is our hospitalizations are still high.
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