Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has responded to New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ digital ad campaign, which tries to persuade LGBTQ Floridians to migrate to the Big Apple where they can say anything they want.
During a press conference on Wednesday, DeSantis made it clear to Adams that free speech is under attack in New York, rather than Florida. The Sunshine State Governor also accused the mayor of wasting taxpayers’ money on Billboards advertisements.
“New York is doing billboards telling people to ‘Come to New York from Florida,’ you know, they are wasting taxpayer money on doing that,” DeSantis told reporters. “They’re saying you can say whatever you want, but you know they’re the ones that will force a mask on your face and muzzle you in public.”
Adams launched the new Billboard campaign in response to DeSantis’ controversial new “Don’t Say Gay” law.
The ad campaign, which began last week Monday and will run through May 29, targets five Florida cities, including Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa, and West Palm Beach. The ad is projected to garner millions of views.
Adams said during a press conference last week that taxpayers’ money wasn’t used on the campaign. The mayor told reporters that private firms donated their creative content and Kinetic, an ad agency secured the Billboard space.
“This is the city of Stonewall,” Adams told reporters. “This is the city where we are proud to talk about how you can live in a comfortable setting and not be harassed, not be abused — not only as adults but also as young people.”
