>> THIS IS THE WEEKLY ON CLICK, ORLANDO DOT COM WITH JUSTIN WARMOTH.
>> JONATHAN: WELCOME BACK. IT
WAS 6 YEARS AGO TODAY WHEN
MANY OF US WOKE UP TO THE
HORRIFYING NEWS THAT 49 PEOPLE
WERE KILLED AT PULSE
NIGHTCLUB, THE CENTRAL FLORIDA
COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER TO
HONOR THE VICTIMS AND OFFER
SUPPORT TO THE SURVIVORS. BUT
WHERE THOSE RESOURCES STAND
NOW AND HOW TO THOSE SURVIVORS
FEEL WHEN ANOTHER MASS
SHOOTING HAPPENS IN AMERICA.
HERE’S MORE FROM MY
CONVERSATION WITH PULSE
SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF.
>> WHEN ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING
HAPPENS, ESPECIALLY ONE LIKE
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT YOU? WHAT
WHAT? WHAT ARE THE EMOTIONS
YOU FEEL? AND AND DOES THE
TRIGGER YOUR YOUR THOUGHTS
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON JUNE
12?
>> IT’S SO HARD TO PREDICT HOW
EACH MASS TRAGEDY IS GOING TO
IMPACT ME PERSONALLY. AND I
KNOW THAT THAT’S TRUE FOR
SOMETIMES WHEN IT COMES UP ON
THE TV SCREEN LIKE THE REST OF
THE COUNTRY. I’M SAD AND I’M
I’M HEARTBROKEN, BUT I’M ABLE
TO PROCESS IT. I’M ABLE TO
THINK ABOUT WHAT’S NEXT. OKAY.
HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, COMFORT
THAT COMMUNITY? WHAT? WHAT?
WHAT’S NEXT IN THE FIGHT TO
TRY TO PREVENT IT FROM
HAPPENING ELSEWHERE? AND THEN
THERE ARE SOME TRAGEDIES THAT
JUST CRACK ME. I FEEL
INCAPACITATED FOR DAYS OF
PARKLAND WAS ONE OF UVALDE WAS
ONE OF THOSE. AND I THINK AT
LEAST WHAT I I’M ABLE TO
IDENTIFY HIM MYSELF IS THAT I
AM PARTICULARLY IN MOBILIZED
BY SHOOTINGS THAT IMPACT
CHILDREN. BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT
THEY’RE GOING TO GO THROUGH. I
KNOW WHAT THEIR FAMILIES ARE
GOING AND THE IDEA THAT WE
WOULD BE INFLICTING THAT KIND
OF PAIN, THE KIND OF PAIN THAT
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU IN A
COUPLE OF DAYS THAT FOLLOWED
PAUL’S, I THOUGHT MIGHT KILL
ME THE KIND OF EMOTIONAL
TRAUMA THAT I THOUGHT MIGHT
NOT BE WORTH LIVING THROUGH,
THAT WE’RE INFLICTING THAT
KIND OF PAIN AND TRAUMA ON
CHILDREN. ABSOLUTELY BREAKS MY
HEART. AND I FIND IT REALLY
DIFFICULT TO TO PROCESS THOSE.
>> I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU HAVE
HANDLED I’M SURE YOU GO TO
THERAPY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND AND THERE WAS A LOT OF NOT
ENOUGH, PERHAPS, BUT THERE WAS
I THINK IT’S. GOING AWAY. I’M
ENOUGH, PERHAPS, BUT THERE WAS
I THINK IT’S. GOING AWAY. I’M to always get NOT AS MUCH. AND THERE ARE SO
MANY WHO STILL NEED IT. YEAH,
SURVIVORS OF POLLS, IS THAT
SOMETHING THAT THAT YOU HEAR
FROM SURVIVORS AS FRIENDS WHO
ARE NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE
ADEQUATE FUNDING TO GET THE
HELP THEY NEED. YEAH, IT
>> YOU KNOW, I I KNOW THAT
THERE ARE SURVIVORS FIRST AND
FOREMOST WHO ARE STILL
PHYSICALLY DISABLED BECAUSE OF
WHAT HAPPENED THEY SHOULD BE
TAKEN CARE OF FOR THE REST OF
THEIR LIVES. OUR COMMUNITY
SHOULD SHOULD BE STANDING
TOGETHER TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.
THEY DIDN’T ASK TO GO TO ONE
OF THE SAFEST SPACES THAT THEY
KNEW AND HAVE THEIR LIVES
COMPLETELY DESTROYED. AND I’VE
HEARD FROM LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT
THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT HAS
FADED, THAT THEY’RE NOT SURE
WHERE THAT’S GOING TO COME
FROM IN THE FUTURE. AND I’M
REALLY GRATEFUL TO THE CITY
AND TO THE CENTER OF THE LGBTQ
CENTER FOR ALL THE WORK THAT
THEY’VE DONE TO TRY TO KEEP
THOSE RESOURCES GOING. BUT THE
TRUTH IS THEY’RE THEY’RE
SIMPLY IS NOT ENOUGH IN TERMS
OF OF RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE AND
IT’S UNFORTUNATE THAT THOSE
RESOURCES CAN SOMETIMES GET
CAUGHT UP IN THE SORT OF
POLITICAL FRAY. IT WAS LAST
YEAR THAT THE GOVERNOR, RON
DESANTIS VETOED FUNDING FOR
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR
SURVIVORS OF PULSE NIGHTCLUB.
AND HE DID THAT ON JUNE. FIRST
THE START OF PRIDE MONTH AND
JUST DAYS BEFORE THE 5 YEAR
REMEMBERANCE OF THE SHOOTING.
SO IT’S TRAGIC THAT WE HAVE TO
KEEP SCRATCHING AND CLAWING
AND SCREAMING FOR BASIC
SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WHO. MADE
THE DECISION TO GO OUT FOR A
DRINK WITH THEIR FRIENDS
RIGHT?
>> YOU MENTIONED THE AND I
HAVEN’T HAD A CHANCE TO TO ASK
YOUR THOUGHTS AS WE ARE IN
PRIDE MONTH NOW, I KNOW THAT
THIS HAPPENED BEFORE THIS, BUT
DURING SESSION WITH THE DON’T
SAY LAW, THAT IS NOW LAW
OBVIOUSLY WAS SIGNED INTO LAW
BY THE GOVERNOR AND AND WHAT
YOU THINK THAT DOES AND
WHETHER IT SETS BACK THE LGBTQ
AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF.
KIDS WHO. YOU KNOW ARE AT THIS
EARLY ADOLESCENT AND WHAT THE
IMPACT THAT THAT COULD HAVE ON
THEM. I WANT TO BE MORE FRANK
THAN THAT.
>> THIS LAW AND THE RHETORIC
THAT HAS BEEN USED TO PROPEL
IT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND
BEYOND ARE MAKING THINGS
DANGEROUS FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE.
KIDS AND ADULTS. FIRST,
THERE’S MISINFORMATION ABOUT
WHAT THIS LAW DOES, WHAT IT
PEOPLE SAY WE DIDN’T EVEN READ
IT. IT DOESN’T AT ALL. I WANT
TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHY
THIS IS SUCH A DANGEROUS PIECE
OF POLICY. IN SECOND GRADE IN
FLORIDA, STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED
TO COMPLETE A FAMILY TREE
PROJECT WHERE THEY GET A
LITTLE CARTOON TREE AND THEY
PUT THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS ON IT
AND THEY DO A PRESENTATION TO
TALK ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES. IF
A STUDENT COMES IN WITH THEIR
2 MOMS ON A BRANCH OF THAT
TREE, ANOTHER STUDENT SAYS,
WELL, THAT’S WEIRD. YOU CAN
HAVE 2 MOMS. WHERE’S YOUR DAD
AND THE TEACHER STEPS IN AND
SAYS WE DON’T TALK ABOUT
PEOPLE LIKE THAT. 2 MOMS AS A
FAMILY ARE JUST AS VALUABLE AS
ANYBODY ELSE’S. IT’S QUITE
POSSIBLE THAT THAT TEACHER HAS
NOW ENGAGED IN CLASSROOM
INSTRUCTION ON ORIENTATION AND
THAT THE SCHOOL COULD BE
LEGALLY LIABLE FOR THEM SIMPLY
AFFIRMING SOMEONE’S FAMILY IN
FRONT OF THE CLASSROOM. SO YOU
CAN IMAGINE WHAT KIND OF A
CLIMATE THAT CREATES WHEN
SCHOOLS WHO ARE ALREADY CASH
STRAPPED AND TERRIFIED OF A
GOVERNOR WHO HAS THREATENED
RETRIBUTION AGAINST DENVER,
STEPPING OUT OF LINE ANYWHERE
THAT THEY BEGIN TO PULL BACK
ON INCLUSION. WE’VE ALREADY
SEEN IT. THEY’RE TEARING DOWN
COEXIST, BANNERS AND RAINBOW
SAFE SPACE STICKERS THERE
TELLING PARENTS SAME PARENTS
NOT TO TALK TOO LOUDLY ABOUT
THEIR FAMILIES IN FRONT OF
OTHER STUDENTS. THERE, YOU
KNOW, THREATENING LGBTQ
EDUCATORS THAT IF THEY ARE
OUT, IF THEY HAVE PICTURES OF
THEIR FAMILY IS ON THEIR
DESKS, THAT THOSE THINGS COULD
BE CAUSE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT
KIND OF CONVERSATION WITH
ADMINISTRATORS WERE ALREADY
WATCHING THAT ACROSS THE STATE
BOOKS ABOUT LGBTQ PEOPLE BEING
RIPPED FROM THE SHELF. A
GRADUATION SPEECH IS BEING
CENSORED WORDS, YEARBOOK
PICTURES BEING BLACKED OUT ALL
BECAUSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE
TERRIFIED OF WHAT MAY BE THE
RAMIFICATIONS OF A VERY VAGUE
AND DANGEROUS PIECE OF POLICY
AND THAT LEAVES US IN A PLACE
WHERE LGBTQ PEOPLE ARE
STIGMATIZED, WHERE KIDS ARE
TOLD THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG
WITH THEIR FAMILY OR WITH THEM
SIMPLY BECAUSE OF WHO THEY
ARE. AND IT EMPOWERS THE
PEOPLE WHO WOULD BELIEVE THEM
AND COMMIT ACTS OF
DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE
AGAINST I DON’T HAVE KIDS. SO
I YOU KNOW, FROM IT FROM THE
OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, IT SEEMED
LIKE THIS
>> A MAJOR ISSUE AFFECTING
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGED KIDS
>> A MAJOR ISSUE AFFECTING
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGED KIDS to always get >> BUT I’VE NEVER HEARD OF
ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENING.
BUT AGAIN, I DON’T HAVE KIDS
IN THIS, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN
KINDERGARTEN AND 3RD GRADE
BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR CLAIMS
THAT ARE INDOCTRINATING. AND
AND GROOMING, I THINK WAS
ANOTHER OUR YOUTH. AND THAT
SHOULD BE UP TO THE DO YOU
THINK THAT THIS WAS A BILL
THAT CREATED A PROBLEM AND FIX
THAT CREATED PROBLEMS?
>> YES, IN AN EFFORT TO HELP
RON DESANTIS RUN FOR PRESIDENT
IN 2024, THINK ABOUT WHERE IT
CAME FROM IN 2021. GLENN
YOUNGKIN WAS ELECTED AGAINST
ALL ODDS IN VIRGINIA AS
GOVERNOR AND HE RAN ON THIS
ANTI CRT, YOU KNOW, WOKE
SCHOOLS, NONSENSE AND ONE. AND
SO GOVERNOR DESANTIS PUT THAT
AGENDA ON STEROIDS AND SHIFTED
INTO FLORIDA WHERE HE
INTRODUCED BILLS TO DO THE
SAME THING. SENSOR
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HISTORY
AND ALL OF THAT AND ADDED THIS
COMPONENT AROUND LGBTQ PEOPLE
AND IN USING THE SMEARS THAT
HAVE BEEN USED AGAINST LGBTQ
PEOPLE SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME.
THINK ABOUT WHAT HE WAS SAYING
IN AN EFFORT TO BUILD HIS
RESUME TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
HE’S SAYING THAT LGBTQ PEOPLE
ARE CONTAGIOUS. WE ARE SEEN IN
VISIBLE AND AFFIRMED ALONGSIDE
EVERYBODY ELSE THAT YOUR KIDS
WILL TURN OUT OR TRANS THAT
TEACHERS ARE ARE TURNING YOUR
KIDS, OR TRANS, WHICH IS
ABSURD ON ITS FACE. FIRST OF
ALL, IF IF ORIENTATION OR
GENDER IDENTITY WERE
CONTAGIOUS, EVERYBODY IN THE
WORLD WOULD BE CISGENDER
HETEROSEXUAL BECAUSE WE’RE FED
THAT CONTENT FROM THE TIME
WE’RE BORN. THE EXISTENCE AND
VISIBILITY OF LGBTQ PEOPLE HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER OR
NOT OTHER PEOPLE ARE LGBTQ.
THEY JUST ARE. THAT’S JUST WHO
THEY ARE. AND OUR SCHOOL
SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON
PROTECTING ALL OF THOSE
STUDENTS AND RESPECTING ALL OF
THOSE FAMILIES TREATING EVERY
SINGLE PERSON WITH DIGNITY AND
RESPECT AFFIRMING STUDENTS,
ESPECIALLY THE ONES, BY THE
WAY, WHO ARE AT MORE RISK FOR
DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, SUICIDE
WHICH ARE LGBTQ YOUNG PEOPLE.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION,
THIS PROBLEM DID NOT EXIST AS
PROBLEM PUTTING AIR ADS DID
NOT EXIST. THE EXISTENCE OF
LGBTQ PEOPLE IS NOT A PROBLEM.
THE EXISTENCE OF LGBTQ PEOPLE
AS A PART OF THE RICH, VIBRANT
DIVERSITY OF THE FABRIC OF OUR
SOCIETY. IT SHOULD BE
CELEBRATED. IT SHOULD BE
AFFIRMED ALONGSIDE EVERYONE
ELSE IN THE GOVERNOR
ESSENTIALLY TURNED THE LGBTQ
PEOPLE A COMMUNITY INTO HIS
POLITICAL PUNCHING BAG SO HE
COULD SCORE RIGHT WING POINTS
ON TWITTER. SEE HIS NAME ON A
FOX NEWS KYRA, ON ONE MORE
TIME AND BOOST HIS BONA FIDES
AS HE TRIES TO RUN FOR
PRESIDENT.
AS HE TRIES TO RUN FOR
PRESIDENT. to always get >> JONATHAN: AND MY THANKS TO
BRANDON WILL FOR JOINING US
THIS MORNING FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON THE CEREMONIES
HAPPENING TODAY TO HONOR THE
VICTIMS OF POLLS.