Drag performers find out soon if they need to go to trial to defend their art form



A federal judge has temporarily blocked Tennessee’s anti-drag law. In the season premiere of Meet the Press Reports, NBC News Correspondent Antonia Hylton examines the impact of the rising anti-drag movement.

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39 comments

  1. Yeah this is what we need to be focusing on MSM is destroying this country

  2. Hey so long as Drag Queens don't preform in front of kids I have no problem with them
    But if they want to go to jail I won't shed any tears for them

  3. Who could defense our culture ?

  4. The Republicans are funny. If they can, I bet they will ban rap.

  5. Isn't this a 1st Amendment issue? It's not obscene. If you don't want to see it, just don't go, but why should your beliefs prevent others? If parents bring their kids, that's their decision, and nobody else's.

  6. Art 🤦🏻‍♂️

  7. freedom represents nothing in america, and in higher courts against an entire state, would be sorted within an hour. 'you' are weird.

  8. It isn't about their art form, it's about where they're pushing their art form. Not for children!!!!!!

  9. Is this not freeddom of expression? Does the First Amendment not cover this? … I’m curious how many strip joints there are, collectively, in the states?

  10. Conservatives did the same thing to metal music in the 80s

  11. Anti-drag extremists… Really? Kids shouldn’t be a part of drag I am still an lgbtq ally, but this takes it so far. I support legislation to ban drag shows in the presence of minors. I feel really good about that view.

  12. Yeah the law won't effect hooters, or straight people. Its not about protecting kids. The laws about hate.

  13. "defend their art" lollllll

  14. I gues the first amendment doesn't apply to Tennessee. My state Arizona is listed as considering such a law. Our Governor has pledged to veto it.

  15. they have a right to be scary clowns. But not around schools. Or my kids, or first day of trout season. Or baseball games. Or league night at the bowling alley. Basically stay away from people.

  16. This is not art, this is the behavior of sick individuals PERIOD!

  17. If metal bands can fight for their right of expression of art. So can drag shows

  18. REPUBLICANS ARE SO WRONG TO JUDGE MY SISTERS N BROTHERS FOR BEING DRAG YOU OR NONE HAS THAT RITE REPUBLICANS ARE DESTROYING ME N MY PEOPLE GOD IS WATCHIN EVERYTHING U DO ABBOTT N TRUMP N DESANTIS DUMAS 😂

  19. This isn’t art just perverts playing dress up

  20. Just should've kept it away from Children …. It's not normal for real mostly naked women to twerk do stripper splits towards Children … Start children off learning normal stuff.. They have plenty of time to become weirdos as ADULTS if they choose to do so… But all this Grooming in place of learning useful stuff .. Ain't doing nothing , but causing confusion and mental issues /Depression

  21. Drag queens preying on our children is the problem. They can blame everyone else. They didn’t bother me until they blantantly started allowing and pushing for children to be in their perversion! They crossed that line.

  22. What about male strippers? The kids might go for that too

  23. It was just announced that there will be a drag show at the state fair this year.
    I'm in a rural small town. The Kids can't wait for the fair. They've never seen a drag show before in person and their parents haven't either.
    It will be interesting to see if anyone protests.

  24. What is happening to our country? Where are the parents responsible for their children?

  25. If they're going to target drag performances then Hooters restaurant should be included in that. The whole idea of this angers me! STOP TRYING TO FORCE YOUR FALSE RELIGION DOWN OUR THROATS! YOUR IMAGINARY GOD ISN'T REAL. STOP YOUR HATE!

  26. Mocking women isn't an "art"

  27. Meanwhile, actual child molesters like Matt Gaetz has no accountability…

  28. My grandson is only 5 years old and you should see him twerking his teacher Bob was so impressed he invited him to a sleepover I'm glad we live in Loudoun county VA

  29. Repent and turn to Christ for your salvation before it is too late

  30. We need more Tennessee and less California. Keep your hands off the children freaks.

  31. Don't care what they do .. they just need to keep the children out of it

  32. WHY DO THEY INSIST ON READING STORIES TO CHILDREN ?

    WHY DO THEY HAVE TO INVOLVE CHILDREN WITH THEIR LIFESTYLE ?

    WHY CHILDREN ?

    WHY ?

    SICK PEOPLE

  33. Your grand parents watched Milton Berle perform drag in his tv show.

  34. 🐑 democrat voters have fooled themselves into believing that there is more than two genders.

  35. If you don't like drag shows, cool. Don't go to 'em! People need to be sweeping their OWN front porches instead of worrying about other folks. 'Cause everything you're trying to shelter your kids from? I got news for you: they know about those things already! 🙄🙄😒