DeSantis signs controversial transgender athlete ban during visit to Jacksonville
Governor says he’s ready to deal with backlash from critics of bill
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News Service of Florida reporter Ryan Dailey contributed to this report.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As he inked his name to a controversial bill banning transgender female athletes from competing on high-school girls’ and college women’s sports teams, Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would stand up to corporations and athletic organizations, like the NCAA, that have threatened backlash over the ban.
“They are not going to dictate the policies in this state,” DeSantis said, flanked by Republican lawmakers and student-athletes at Trinity Christian Academy in Jacksonville. “We will stand up to groups like the NCAA who think they should be able to dictate the policies in different states. Not here. Not ever.”
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