DeSantis Blames Fringe Festivals For Blanket Veto On All Arts Funding: “They’re Doing All This Sexual Stuff”

June 28, 2024 Politics, Republicans

Florida Politics reports:

Gov. Ron DeSantis defended vetoing all funding for arts grants, saying he didn’t want state funds supporting sexual-themed festivals. He singled out Fringe Festivals, which draw thousands to Florida each year.

“We didn’t have control over how it was being given. So you have your tax dollars being given in grants to things like the Fringe Festival, which is like a sexual festival where they are doing all this stuff,” DeSantis said at a press conference. “How many of you think your tax dollars should go to fund that? Not very many people would do that.”

Molly Rowan-Deckert, Executive Director of the Alliance for the Arts, considered DeSantis’ remarks “horrifying.” She voiced a concern that DeSantis judged Fringe Festivals without ever attending one.

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Critics note that Florida’s Fringe Festivals were near the bottom of the list of proposed grants and may not have gotten any public money in the first place.



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