“Peaky Blinders” producers slam Ron DeSantis for putting their clips in his mocked anti-LGBTQ+ ad

The team behind the BBC/Netflix series Peaky Blinders has denounced a bizarre, wildly anti-LGBTQ+ video posted by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) presidential campaign.

The video, which has received widespread criticism, contrasts former president Donald Trump’s past support for the LGBTQ+ community with DeSantis’s anti-LGBTQ+ agenda. It opens with clips of Trump – DeSantis’s top primary opponent – expressing support for LGBTQ+ people, before shifting to a montage of images of DeSantis with headlines touting anti-LGBTQ+ laws the Florida Republican has signed. Oddly, the clip also includes footage of British actor Cillian Murphy’s character Tommy Shelby from Peaky Blinders, Brad Pitt’s character from the 2004 film Troy, Christian Bale’s character from American Psycho, and images of shirtless bodybuilders.

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Buttigieg said that DeSantis should be thinking about how to help Americans, not how to attack LGBTQ+ people.

To wrap up “Pride Month,” let’s hear from the politician who did more than any other Republican to celebrate it…

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— DeSantis War Room