Watch: Andy Cohen on 'Don't Say Gay' Bill: 'You're Not Going to Erase Us'

Andy Cohen, openly gay host of Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live," called out Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill as a "dog whistle" that's "scaring people into spewing hate" at LGBTQ+ people on the show's March 8 broadcast, People Magazine reported.

Cohen saved his comments for the end of his program and the "Jackhole of the Day" segment.

The measure had been approved by state lawmakers earlier in the day and is now headed to the desk of Florida governor Ron DeSantis, who has indicated his support for the measure.

Addressing his comments directly to "Florida Republicans," Cohen took the state's lawmakers to task for "pretending to solve a problem that doesn't exist."

"There is not a mass conspiracy of kindergarten teachers who are plotting to teach children to be gay," Cohen stated. "This is one big dog whistle. You're scaring people into spewing hate and discrimination at the LGBTQ community."

The bill, which would outlaw classroom discussion of LGBTQ+ topics through the third grade in Florida schools, has been touted by Republican lawmakers as protecting parental rights.

Cohen framed his remarks in terms of his own status as a father, calling the bill's passage "personally disturbing news."

"While the words 'don't say gay' don't explicitly appear in the bill, as a gay parent, I'm concerned that its deliberately vague language leaves room for it to be interpreted that way," he said. "Like, if my son went to school and talked about his gay dad during class and the teacher engaged, under your vague, hateful law, that can be considered illegal?"

Cohen went on to slam the rhetoric used by GOP lawmakers who support the bill, calling claims by Republicans "misinformation" and pointing to a tweet from DeSantis spokesperson Christina Pushaw as an example.

As previously reported, Pushaw's tweet claimed that only people "grooming" children for sexual abuse would oppose the bill.

Another example of Republican fictions, Cohen said, were claims by state lawmaker Ileana Garcia, who said that being "gay is not a permanent thing, LGBT is not a permanent thing."

"Sweetie, with all due, it's permanent," Cohen said forcefully, gesturing at himself. "Trust me!" he added, as cheers erupted from the studio audience.

"I thought the whole point of sending our kids to school was to educate them and prepare them for the real world. Well, news flash: The real world has gay people in it; it has people of all different gender identities."

Cohen went on to say that Florida lawmakers could "draft all the homophobic and transphobic bills you want," but, he declared, "You're not going to erase us."

"I just wonder how many children and families need to suffer before our politicians figure that out."

The clip was posted to Instagram. Watch it below.