Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blocked state funding for a new Tampa Bay Rays training facility partly because the baseball team spoke out against gun violence in the wake of back-to-back gun-related massacres in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York.

Two days after a gunman killed 19 children and two adults at a Texas elementary school, the Rays announced a $50,000 donation to Everytown for Gun Safety, an organization that advocates policies to prevent gun violence. 

DeSantis on Friday hinted at his displeasure with the Rays' remarks, telling reporters at a news conference that it was "inappropriate to subsidize political activism of a private corporation." But he added, "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."

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