Ron DeSantis has been aggressive in vetoing appropriations in the state budget for LGBTQ programs. Cognizant of that fact, some Democratic legislators say, they’ve been able to continue support for those programs by omitting any direct references to the LGBTQ community in their appropriation proposals. The paper reported that while those groups support LGBTQ communities, the county argued the programs were open to all. If it is a trans or an LGBTQ person who commits a violent crime, we have proposals like this. And we have to call out bigoted, discriminatory policies for what they are.”Rayner called the report “a distraction” and a way to paralyze members of the LGBTQ community to not commit to any positive actions.