Several years after the Pulse Night Club terrorist attack that left 49 dead, the horrific event still weighs heavy on Floridians particularly the LGBTQ community, prompting Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to call Gov. Ron DeSantis' (R-FL) recognition of the attack and his transgender sports ban that does not allow boys participate in women's sports.
Senator Warren released a video on Twitter, calling out Governor DeSantis over his transgender sports ban on the first day of Pride month, calling it "anti-trans legislation."
Warren stated in her tweet that the fight for LGBTQ+ rights is "far from over," adding that "Trans Americans—especially trans children—are under attack."
"On the first day of Pride month this year, Florida’s Republican governor signed a piece of anti-trans legislation into law," asserted Sen. Warren. "It's part of an ugly trend. All year long Republicans have been attacking trans children with hateful do laws. They're keeping trans kids from getting gender-affirming life-saving healthcare, they're kicking trans kids off sports teams there making it harder to grow up trans in America.
Not only has Sen.Warren been busy with the Pulse shooting anniversary, but so has Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) who has worked with Senatorial hopeful Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) to make the Pulse Nightclub a national memorial site by getting President Joe Biden's approval to honor the 49 lives lost that day.
In a recently released video, Murphy recounts the events of June 12, 2016, saying that it "feels like it happened yesterday" and that the emotions were "still very raw."
Thrilled that @POTUS has signed our bill to honor the lives of the 49 innocent souls taken from us at #Pulse by designating the location as a National Memorial Site. Proud to have worked with @repdarrensoto & @repvaldemings to get it done. #FlaPol pic.twitter.com/Gto8bjBsAG
— U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy (@RepStephMurphy) June 25, 2021
"I've joined my colleagues to introduce a bill that would designate the Pulse nightclub as a federally recognized national memorial site," adding "It has passed the House and Senate, and now President Biden has signed it into law," stated Murphy.
But for Murphy, President Biden's acknowledgment goes beyond recognizing the 49 lives lost that day, as she has "been working in Congress to pass commonsense gun legislation." Murphy is referring to mass shootings as a "national public health issue," which has helped pave the way to "funding life-saving studies that will give us data we need," and stop the gun lobby that "puts politics before people's lives."
