DeSantis Fires Back After Biden Defends Trans Surgeries for Kids

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, fired back Tuesday at President Joe Biden after the president defended transgender surgeries and procedures for children.

“It is not ‘sinful’ to prohibit the mutilation of minors,” DeSantis said in a Tuesday morning tweet. “It is not acceptable for the federal government to mandate that procedures like sex change operations be allowed for kids.”

The Florida governor was responding to Biden’s remarks on the Florida medical board banning transgender surgeries, hormones, and puberty blockers for children. Biden, speaking to former Obama aide Kal Penn on The Daily Show, suggested that the state’s efforts to protect children are “cruel.”