Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state was fully embracing a new policy of wiping asphalt art from streets across the state, regardless of messaging, intent or even potential safety benefits.

Orlando was the first to feel the brunt of the state’s new road manual, which saw the locally famous rainbow crosswalk at Pulse nightclub erased overnight. DeSantis contended the state was broadly applying the new rules, painting over everything from rainbows to a “Back The Blue” pro-police mural in Tampa.

“The Florida legislature passed a law that was very clear … we’re not doing the commandeering of the roads to put up messaging,” he said at a press conference in Tampa on Tuesday. “We’ve made the policy decision in Florida that we’re not going to use the roads for that purpose.”

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