Emails indicate Ron DeSantis lied about a school changing a child’s gender without parental consent
The so-called "Don't Say Gay" bill was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) last month and at the press conference he told a story about a little girl the school decided should change gender.
"We had a mother from Leon County, and her daughter was going to school and some people in the school had decided that the daughter was really a boy and not a girl," DeSantis told the press on Tuesday. "So they changed the girl's name to a boy's name, had her dress like a boy and on doing all this stuff, without telling the mother or getting consent from the mother. First of all, they shouldn't be doing that at all. But to do these things behind the parents' back and to say that the parents should be shut out. That is wrong."
The story has been part of a narrative by Republicans to justify that schools have become indoctrination camps by liberals teaching "critical race theory" and talking to Kindergartners about sex.
A fact-check from CNN showed, however, that the story is a lie.
For their fact-check, CNN reached out to the governor's office again, asking about the emails revealed by the lawsuit and the discrepancies in DeSantis' story. They refused to respond.
The law is now in the courts after a group of parents sued to stop it.
Read the full fact check here.