MSNBC’s host of The eleventh Hour, Stephanie Ruhle, actually doesn’t like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and for her Friday panel, she invited a collection of company to affirm these emotions. The section reached peak absurdity when Operation Hope founder and chairman John Hope Bryant proclaimed that Russia and China love what DeSantis is doing.

Ruhle started the section by working via the checklist of supposed horrible issues Florida has achieved, “Florida is turning into floor zero for the tradition wars. Republicans are waging and a signal of what we would anticipate at the nationwide get together, erasing historical past, banning books anti-gay payments, gasoline stoves, and also you can’t presumably make this up, monitoring menstrual cycles of pupil athletes.”

Asking comic Judy Gold to kick off the dialogue, Ruhle was confused, “Judy, I begin with you first. What– I do not even know what to say about Florida.”

Gold was likewise speechless, “I– What’s going on there? What? I imply, to begin with, the menstrual–I am speechless that you’d — you’ve got taken away Roe v. Wade and now you’re telling feminine athletes that they must report their menstrual flows.”

If Ruhle had bothered to learn from the Time article on the matter that was highlighted in her intro, she would know that Florida isn’t breaking new floor right here, “In a number of college districts—together with in Austin, Dallas, Houston and Fort Price—the questions are obligatory to finish.” These 4 cities aren’t precisely scorching spots of conservative tradition warring.

Later, Ruhle turned to Bryant, “John, final evening on this community, Stephen A. Smith mentioned, Ron DeSantis, I’d agree with him on a complete lot of insurance policies, however I’m going to cease at him dictating African-American research in any state in any college in any state on this nation. What do you assume?”

Bryant started falsely suggesting that is about instructing incomplete historical past, “You can not resolve which a part of the historical past you wish to find out about. All of our historical past is wealthy and essential. That is 1960 over once more. That is 1865 once more the place we’re stoking fears, deciding we’re separate.”

It acquired worse from there. Subsequent, Bryant accused Florida of being unbiblical, “The Bible says, the home divided can’t stand. Supposedly this get together is about this greater concept, nicely, let’s go proper to the Bible. We’re solely higher collectively, and a saint is a sinner that acquired up, we’re all angels with soiled faces, proper? You can not have a rainbow with out a storm first.” 

In some way managing to get much more absurd, Bryant added, “who loves all this, Stephanie? It is China, China and Russia, loves that we’re in a meals battle as a result of a home divided can’t stand. They wish to take a place on the earth, we’re actually at struggle. Sorry, they’re at struggle with us. They need our station in life and we’re serving to them.”

Bryant concluded by declaring “you are truly doing all of your youngsters an obstacle, to not have the entire historical past of how this nation was constructed as a result of it was constructed without spending a dime. It was constructed without spending a dime by my ancestors, my great-grandfather was a slave. My great-great-grandmother was a slave. Me understanding that historical past and nonetheless not hating anyone on account of it makes me higher, it makes me love my brother and sister extra.”

Not solely is Bryant trivializing and politicizing nationwide safety for his personal ends, utilizing his personal logic he’s additionally doing Russia and China’s bidding by selling divisive concepts such because the nation being “constructed without spending a dime.”

This section was sponsored by E-Commerce.

Here’s a transcript for the February 3 present:

MSNBC The eleventh Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

2/3/2022

11:30 PM ET

STEPHANIE RUHLE: Florida is turning into floor zero for the tradition wars. Republicans are waging and a signal of what we would anticipate at the nationwide get together, erasing historical past, banning books anti-gay payments, gasoline stoves, and also you can’t presumably make this up, monitoring menstrual cycles of pupil athletes. Our Friday evening panel is right here to debate all. 

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Judy, I begin with you first. What– I do not even know what to say about Florida. 

JUDY GOLD: I– What’s going on there? What? I imply, to begin with, the menstrual–I am speechless that you’d — you’ve got taken away Roe v. Wade and now you’re telling feminine athletes that they must report their menstrual flows. Have they got the boys report when their testicles drop? I imply, I don’t perceive.

RUHLE: I didn’t hit puberty till I used to be 17. Does that imply I used to be going to must sit on the asexual bench for all of my cheerleading? Like, how’s that going to work.

GOLD: Sure, some women do not even get their intervals as a result of they’re athletic and it is simply, it’s thoughts boggling. Much less authorities however you can not management your physique or maintain personal your medical historical past. It is– I don’t—I’m.

RUHLE: How critical are you taking all of this Jelani. You are a professor. Do you assume it will influence, for instance, this e book banning, what our children are literally studying or do you assume it’s all an enormous present for theatrics?

JELANI COBB: So, you realize, I feel that, you realize, there’s political theater side of it. Clearly persons are doing issues like the gasoline range stuff, you realize, they’re making an attempt to discover, like, scorching button issues the place an individual, some curmudgeonly particular person is sitting of their lounge going, “yeah, the Democrats wish to are available and rip your range out of the wall” and that a part of it’s sort of ridiculous, however in actuality, this does have a chilling impact after I discuss with school, I’ve talked with deans, I’ve talked with individuals in greater schooling, they’re speaking concerning the very actual sense of intimidation that folks have, possibly they assume twice about whether or not they wish to train on the College of Florida. Perhaps they assume twice about whether or not they wish to host educational occasions there.

I imply, it actually does have an influence on the status of the state and positively the status of state establishments of upper schooling.

RUHLE: John, final evening on this community, Stephen A. Smith mentioned, Ron DeSantis, I’d agree with him on a complete lot of insurance policies, however I’m going to cease at him dictating African-American research in any state in any college in any state on this nation. What do you assume? 

JOHN HOPE BRYANT: I feel he’s fully proper about that and America must be proper about this. You can not resolve which a part of the historical past you wish to find out about. All of our historical past is wealthy and essential. That is 1960 over once more. That is 1865 once more the place we’re stoking fears, deciding we’re separate. 

The Bible says, the home divided can’t stand. Supposedly this get together is about this greater concept, nicely, let’s go proper to the Bible. We’re solely higher collectively, and a saint is a sinner that acquired up, we’re all angels with soiled faces, proper? You can not have a rainbow with out a storm first. 

So, it’s a difficult historical past, like a household, that really makes us higher and who loves all this, Stephanie? It is China, China and Russia, loves that we’re in a meals battle as a result of a home divided can’t stand. They wish to take a place on the earth, we’re actually at struggle. Sorry, they’re at struggle with us. They need our station in life and we’re serving to them. 

So, whereas on a small stage, this, I suppose, helps them with the theatrics of politics, it separates, divides, stokes fears and permits individuals to be comfy, however you are truly doing all of your youngsters an obstacle, to not have the entire historical past of how this nation was constructed as a result of it was constructed without spending a dime.

It was constructed without spending a dime by my ancestors, my great-grandfather was a slave. My great-great-grandmother was a slave. Me understanding that historical past and nonetheless not hating anyone on account of it makes me higher, it makes me love my brother and sister extra.