Gov. Ron DeSantis’s campaign shared a provocative video on Friday attacking the record of former President Donald J. Trump regarding L.G.B.T.Q.
people that was widely condemned as homophobic, including by a prominent group representing gay and lesbian Republicans. The video, posted on Twitter by the “DeSantis War Room” account, opens by showing Mr.
Trump proclaiming, “I will do everything in my power to protect our L.G.B.T.Q. citizens.” Mr. Trump made those remarks at the Republican National Convention in July 2016, after invoking the horror of the Pulse nightclub shooting the previous month.
The massacre, at a popular gay nightclub in Orlando, in Mr. DeSantis’s home state of Florida, left 49 people dead. The video goes on to show Mr.