A float that appears to take inspiration from “Johnny The Walrus,” a book written by Daily Wire host and children’s author Matt Walsh, won first place at a local parade in Alaska, only for one of the judges to recoil in horror online.

The competition was held as part of the Golden Day festival in Fairbanks, Alaska, which hosts the largest parade in Alaska. Local school board candidate Michael Humphrey entered a giant inflatable Walrus into the parade’s political float competition, with a campaign sticker on its side and “Johnny” plastered on the front.

After the decision, one of the judges took to social media to respond to nascent outrage.

“So it turns out that the best political float was an anti-trans float. The judges had no idea. We had two floats to choose from for political. You know what I hate? Hateful people,” the judge tweeted. “We both feel sick about it and especially on how it reflects on our community to those who don’t know that the judges DID NOT HAVE CONTEXT.”

The book “Johnny The Walrus” tells the tale of a spirited young man who imagines himself as a walrus and then is pressured to medically transition into his fantasy by “the internet people.” The book was published in 2022 and quickly became a bestseller, specifically in Amazon’s LGBTQ Books category, which was the subject of much hand-wringing.

Humphrey, a marine veteran, self described conservative Christian and father of six, has pledged on his campaign page to “[Protect children by stopping the spread of radical gender ideology” and “[create] opportunities for more parental involvement in school.”

“Please help get the word out about this disgusting candidate and ensure he does not get elected,” one anonymous Facebook user demanded. “He is running against incumbent Tim Doran.”

Walsh, for his part, seemed quite pleased when he became aware of the controversy.

“This is awesome,” he tweeted.

This is awesome. A school board candidate in Fairbanks won first place in a local parade for his Johnny the Walrus float. The judges were libs who only realized after the fact that the float was based on my children’s book, which caused massive meltdowns

pic.twitter.com/vwMtlahSQd

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) July 17, 2023

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis fired back after being disrupted on Monday by an apparent left-wing activist at a packed event in South Carolina.

The Florida governor is set to become the first Republican candidate to file paperwork in the state for the first-in-the-South 2024 presidential primary, according to Associated Press reporter Meg Kinnard.

DeSantis was speaking to an affluent crowd at the Philip T. Glennon Community Center in Tega Cay, South Carolina, when he was interrupted.

Speaking about President Joe Biden, DeSantis said: “I have something to say to him: ‘Why don’t you focus on spending more time with your granddaughter in Arkansas, or at least acknowledge she exists, before you worry about our children?'”

As DeSantis spoke an LGBT activist opened up a pride flag and started shouting at the governor. DeSantis ignored the agitator as security quickly moved in to handle the issue.

Once security had the individual the crowd began to cheer and DeSantis pointed at the disruptor and yelled: “And they shouldn’t be worried about our children, either!”

“We don’t want you indoctrinating our children!” DeSantis exclaimed. “Leave our kids alone!”

WATCH:

"We don't want you indoctrinating our children." –@RonDeSantis

Leave. Our. Kids. Alone. #RD24 pic.twitter.com/cxkFk9y1Ga

— Casey DeSantis (@CaseyDeSantis) July 17, 2023

Almost immediately after @RonDeSantis took the stage, protesters unfolded a rainbow flag behind him.

"We don't want you indoctrinating our children," DeSantis said, as the protesters were removed & the booing crowd began to cheer.

"Leave our children alone." pic.twitter.com/Hf1E0R2TZa

— Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) July 17, 2023

Kinnard highlighted another moment at the event where a woman who identified herself as “a very hardcore Trump supporter” in the audience addressed the impact that the event had on her.

“My love for President Trump comes from all the despair, all the things that he’s been through, has served as our president of the United States. And he did a good job,” she said. “But all the things, I’m thinking more with my heart, and my sorrow and my love for him, and for this country.”

“But now I have, this is the most important vote that we’re gonna have,” the woman continued. “And I have to think more with my mind and what’s best for this country, and you did an excellent job and I certainly appreciate it.”

“God bless you,” DeSantis responded. “Thank you. I appreciate that and I agree with you, I appreciate what President Trump did, how they treated him with things like Russian collusion, was a disgrace. And he was treated wrong. He was treated in ways that were unconstitutional.”

“But here’s the thing, the question for us now is what are we going to do about it?” he continued. “And we need to end the weaponization of government, I will get that done. It’s not about me, it’s about you. It’s about me standing up for you and standing up for this constitution and restoring this country to what the Founding Fathers envisioned. And we will get it done. We will be focused, we will be disciplined, and we will make it happen.”

The local fire marshal said that approximately 900 people showed up to see DeSantis speak inside the room. Tega Cay has a population of about 12,000 people, according to local media.

That's it from @RonDeSantis, who had about 900 people at tonight's event, according to the fire marshal.

Tomorrow he'll be in Columbia to file his @SCGOP primary paperwork & rollout his military policy. pic.twitter.com/EaiQczVK70

— Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) July 17, 2023