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To The Surprise of No One, Ron DeSantis Lies.

Again.

saywhat-politics:

DeSantis claimed Dodgers stadium was 'virtually empty' after Pride backlash, but the game actually had higher attendance than normal

        • The LA Dodgers' LGBTQ Pride Night turned controversial when an activist group that offended the religious right was invited.
        • Conservatives touted a video of a nearly empty stadium as a win, claiming they staged a successful boycott.
        • In reality, the game had higher-than-average attendance as religious groups protested outside.

Conservatives appear gleeful that they may have just scored another culture war win — this time, through Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers.

But their claim to have successfully boycotted a Dodgers game for its LGBTQ Pride participation and guests — notably echoed by presidential candidate Ron DeSantis — appears to be false.

Leading up to the team's 10th annual LGBTQ+ Pride Night, the Dodgers disinvited and then re-invited the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a nonprofit "order of queer and trans nuns," which some religious conservatives found to be offensive to Christianity and Catholicism.

"We have asked the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to take their place on the field at our 10th annual LGBTQ+ Pride Night on June 16th," the team said in its re-invitation statement shared on Twitter. "We are pleased to share that they have agreed to receive the gratitude of our collective communities for the lifesaving work that they have done tirelessly for decades."

All conservatives can do is lie and threaten violence, because they know this country has rejected them.