sand. not apologizing, a key tactic straight out of the trump party playbook. also this week desantis refused to condemn neo-nazi rallies and signal support for legislation that would restrict classroom discussions about gender identity and sexual orientation, a bill the biden administration calls hateful. we re back now, and your thoughts on your home state governor. well, to paraphrase a song my kids keep singing, we don t talk about ron desantis no, no, no. and truth of the matter is this is what he wants. his candidacy for president is based on one strategic premise, owning the libs and outtrolling the other side to play strictly to the base. and i have to be very candid as a democratic strategist myself, it is not a bad approach if you are ron desantis because we know this is hitting on exactly what the republican base wants to
don t say gay, as the name of the bill, a don t say gave ill because it will bar classroom discussions of any queer issues that are not, quote, unquote, age-appropriate. what s up with the resurgence of homophobic fearmongering in this country? we saw don t say gay what s thai bills being brought up before in the past. how can you explain this? i think that it s because of this abortion bill in texas. and what happened with this abortion bill,, remember you had these very trumpy governors and in texas, you have abbott, and abbott made this bill that was quite crazy and had that the supreme court was like, well, no, we agree with it. so we are not going to it s a lot of them [inaudible] really naughty. a lot of these governors saw that there was a window open
anymore. i mean, it just doesn t make sense when you yell about america and patriotism and then you sensor the one republican who says, hey, maybe we shouldn t attack the capitol after a legitimate election. i can t figure them out. as a comedian, i can t tell you how hard it is to make fun of them and come up with something crazier than what they actually do. molly, speaking of republicans,ng let s talk about moment.for a ron desantis signals his part for a sociopathic piece of legislation. lgbt groups are calling it don t say gay as the name of the bill, a don t say gay bill because it will bar classroom discussions of any queer issues that are not quote/unquote age appropriate. what s up with the resurgence of homophobic fear mongering in this country. we saw a number of don t say gay
controversial bill regulating k-3 classroom discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity now heads to governor desantis desk. plus the meaning of a letter. there are no russian flags flying on the russian tanks and trucks. but almost every vehicle is stamped with a giant z. what could that mean? and we lead this hour with breaking news. president biden banning all imports of russian oil to the u.s. as vladimir putin shows no signs of stopping his barbaric invasion of ukraine. new video shows russia moving a special armored military train into ukraine from annexed crimea. in the southern ukrainian town of mykolaiv, fears are rising that the tension military might storm that city. people there have piled tires at the entrances to the city, ready to light them on fire if the russians do in fact advance.
there s growing fallout over florida s controversial new law that critics call the don t say gay law. the state s governor ron desantis is lashing out at his state s largest employer, disney, after disney came out in opposition to the law. it prohibits classroom discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity. nbc s kerry sanders has more from orlando, florida. reporter: this morning, the so-called happiest place on earth plunging into the middle of a culture war. ron desantis targeting disney, the state s largest single site employer. the mayor treated on a pedestal this one corporation, this one corporation is treated differently than everybody else. now, in the legislature, you see a movement to reevaluate those special privileges. reporter: the governor, angry at disney s opposition to the parental rights in education law. also don t say gay law. it bans classroom discussion on sexual orientation and gender