DNC official slams Twitter over DeSantis ad that insinuates Biden is a pedophile
DeSantis War Room, the official rapid response Twitter account for Florida’s Republican Gov. and 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, shared a video yesterday that implied President Joe Biden is a pedophile.
The clip contains selectively edited footage from swearing-in ceremonies for senators and their families, events over which Biden presided as vice president during the Obama administration, having previously served in the chamber from 1973 to 2009.
The video also contains audio from a speech in which Biden urged Congress to pass the Equality Act and is heard saying, “LGBTQ Americans, especially children, you’re loved, you’re heard, and this administration has your back.” In a statement to the Washington Blade, Democratic National Committee Spokesperson Ammar Moussa called out the hypocrisy by Twitter, which recently blocked a North Carolina Democrat’s pro-abortion rights campaign ad. “It’s telling that Twitter’s new regime is willing to aid desperate campaigns spreading desperate lies but will block campaign videos about protecting women’s reproductive freedom,” Moussa said. “That says everything you need to know.” Christina Pushaw, a longtime DeSantis aide who runs the governor’s War Room, shared the ad attacking Biden in a tweet calling the president “Creep in Chief.” Last year, when defending DeSantis’s widely panned “Don’t Say Gay” law, Pushaw said the legislation’s opponents were “groomers” who abuse children – an outrageous smear against the LGBTQ community and its allies.
False, baseless, vile accusations of pedophilia and child sexual abuse have proliferated on the right, as a means of attacking Democrats and LGBTQ people.
