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This ‘Sneaky’ DeSantis Power Grab Might Be His Cruelest Yet<!-- wp:html --><p>Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty</p> <p>For months now, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/ron-desantis-finally-fires-back-at-donald-trump">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis</a> has been aggressively using his executive power to deny <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/florida-governor-ron-desantis-bans-trans-girls-from-school-sports-on-first-day-of-pride-month">transgender</a> medical care for two of society’s most vulnerable groups—children and the poor. In that, he has been far from alone, as <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/meet-the-gop-governors-standing-up-to-gop-anti-trans-bills">Republicans across the country lean into an ugly backlash against the trans community</a> and the science that supports it.</p> <p>Along the way, DeSantis has been employing a power grab some fear will be adopted by other Republican governors—with disastrous results.</p> <p>As part of DeSantis’ ongoing MAGA crusade against progressives, his administration is simultaneously using different state agencies to cut off what is referred to as “gender-affirming” care that helps trans people realize their identities. When a far-right state legislator failed to pass an anti-trans bill earlier this year, the governor resorted to backroom bureaucracy to get the same result.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/florida-governor-ron-desantis-anti-trans-campaign-is-sneaky-power-grab?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty

For months now, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been aggressively using his executive power to deny transgender medical care for two of society’s most vulnerable groups—children and the poor. In that, he has been far from alone, as Republicans across the country lean into an ugly backlash against the trans community and the science that supports it.

Along the way, DeSantis has been employing a power grab some fear will be adopted by other Republican governors—with disastrous results.

As part of DeSantis’ ongoing MAGA crusade against progressives, his administration is simultaneously using different state agencies to cut off what is referred to as “gender-affirming” care that helps trans people realize their identities. When a far-right state legislator failed to pass an anti-trans bill earlier this year, the governor resorted to backroom bureaucracy to get the same result.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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