At a public speaking engagement Friday, DeSantis said he doesn’t “support giving taxpayer dollars to professional sports stadiums, period.” But DeSantis, a gun-rights supporter who is pushing the state to allow residents to carry concealed firearms without a permit, also suggested that the Rays’ support of a gun-control organization also factored into his decision. “Companies are free to engage or not engage in whatever discourse they want, but clearly it’s inappropriate to be doing tax dollars for professional sports stadiums,” he said. “It’s also inappropriate to subsidize political activism of a private corporation. Either way, it’s not appropriate. But we were not in a situation where use of tax dollars for a professional stadium would have been a prudent use.”

He could've stopped at doesn't “support giving taxpayer dollars to professional sports stadiums, period.”

Even if a team is pro-life and pro-2A, taxpayers shouldn't have to subsidize their stadiums. Teams should do everything they can to draw revenue and they can start by not alienating their fanbase with bullshit politics.