Former Trump spokesperson Stephanie Grisham mentioned on Tuesday morning that her 14-year-old son just lately got here out as homosexual—and that he informed her he was deeply embarrassed that she labored for former President Donald Trump and the Republican Occasion.
Having spent months publicly apologizing for her time as Trump’s White Home press secretary and distancing herself from the twice-impeached ex-president, Grisham’s rehab tour seemingly paid off on Tuesday as she was tapped to function a visitor co-host of The View.
At one level throughout the ABC daytime broadcast, the panel touched on Florida’s controversial Parental Rights in Training invoice. The laws, which opponents have labeled the “Don’t Say Homosexual” invoice as it could ban “classroom dialogue about sexual orientation or gender id” in elementary faculties, handed the state’s GOP-controlled Senate on Tuesday and can head to the desk of Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has championed the invoice.
With DeSantis—a attainable 2024 GOP presidential candidate—anticipated to signal it into legislation and different states forging forward with comparable payments, the hosts of The View took turns blasting the invoice and its impression on each youngsters and their lecturers.
“So is that this invoice shaming children from being who they're and punishing lecturers who really wish to assist them? I imply, I’m unsure what the purpose of that is,” moderator Whoopi Goldberg declared.
Co-host Sara Haines added that this invoice “isn’t undertaking something” earlier than recounting her personal sibling’s expertise. “My brother is homosexual and I keep in mind him sharing this story,” she mentioned. “He began to really feel totally different at about 5 or 6. If he requested a query, he may have been in a state of affairs the place he turned to a trainer that needed to betray him. I feel that is going within the flawed course.”
Goldberg additionally questioned about children who've same-sex mother and father, asking if this invoice would forestall these college students from speaking about their family experiences within the classroom. “I do not perceive making children’ lives more durable than they have to be,” she added.
“I feel the cruelty is the purpose,” co-host Sunny Hostin responded. “It’s to disgrace household. It’s to disgrace youngsters. We may see this coming, I feel, while you begin banning books, while you begin banning historical past within the classroom. What’s the subsequent step? It’s banning discussions about sexual orientation and gender id. It’s banning discussions about sure religions.”
Turning to Grisham, Hostin famous that the cultural has been on this trajectory since Trump took workplace and “began to say the quiet half out loud,” prompting the previous president’s ex-flack to carry up her personal son.
“This one is private to me,” Grisham proclaimed. “And also you carry up a superb level due to my former boss. I've a 14-year-old son who's homosexual, just lately got here out as homosexual. I've his permission to speak about this.” She continued: “He didn’t wish to inform his pals the place I labored. He was ashamed of the place I labored, rightfully so.”
The “Don’t Say Homosexual” invoice, Grisham mentioned, is “making youngsters really feel totally different,” and it's “creating an issue” the place one didn’t beforehand exist.