Ron DeSantis blocks funds for Tampa Bay Rays after team’s gun safety tweets

• Florida governor defends vetoing funds for training facility
• Rays had joined Yankees in tweeting about gun safety

The governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, has defended his veto of $35m in funding for a potential spring training site for the Tampa Bay Rays, after the Major League Baseball team used social media to raise awareness about gun violence after mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas.

I don't support giving taxpayer dollars to professional sports stadiums," DeSantis said on Friday, when asked about the veto of the sports complex funding.