In a post on X, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said, "We will not allow our state roads to be commandeered for political purposes."

In an escalation of Gov. Ron DeSantis' war on pavement art, state officials quietly removed a rainbow crosswalk outside Pulse, the former LGBTQ+ nightclub in Orlando that's now a memorial to the 49 patrons shot and killed there in 2016.

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said the painting over by state workers of the crosswalk with rainbow colors often associated with LGBTQ pride was “callous” and “a cruel political act.”