Marco Rubio Says Dodgers Refused to Air His Ad During Pride Night
Marco Rubio of Florida is lashing out against a decision to block the airing of his ad during the Los Angeles Dodgers' LGBTQ+ Pride Night event, arguing that the team is in league with an "anti-Christian hate group."Last month, the Dodgers entered the LGBTQ+ culture war and enraged some conservatives after announcing that the team's annual Pride Night game would honor the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a decades-old charity that raises funds through drag performances that often satirize Catholicism.Backlash from conservatives and Catholic groups initially prompted the Dodgers to rescind the invitation.
However, criticism over banning the charity led the team to quickly reverse course, re-inviting the drag group and issuing a public apology to "members of the LGBTQ+ community." The event is now scheduled to take place as originally planned on Friday night.Rubio lamented that Spectrum SportsNet LA "refused to broadcast our ad criticizing [the] team's decision to honor an anti-Christian hate group" in a tweet on Friday, while sharing an article on the decision published the same day by Outkick, a sports news outlet founded by right-wing radio host Clay Travis.The ad, which was created with the aid of Rubio's Reclaim America PAC, was to have featured the senator telling viewers that "the Dodgers aren't celebrating pride, they are promoting bigotry," according to the Outkick article, which argues that "the criticisms presented in the ad" are "of course, correct."The @Dodgers Television Station Refused To Broadcast Our Ad Criticizing Team's Decision To Honor An Anti-Christian Hate Group– OutKick https://t.co/7Xf9lfFzJyThe Dodgers are set to honor the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence with the team's 2023 Community Hero.
