Politico: Ron DeSantis prepared for Gwen Graham (rather than Andrew Gillum) as FL-GOV nominee

[brooklynite]

Politico:

DeSantis had planned to face Gwen Graham, a white woman, and was unprepared for facing Gillum, an African-American, according to a Republican with close ties to the campaign who said DeSantis “stepped on a rake” by making both a “monkey” reference and calling Gillum “articulate.”

“Ron was ready to be called a sexist and the campaign had war-gamed for that. He wasn’t ready for being called a racist,” said the Republican, who didn’t want to be identified because he was discussing internal campaign matters. “He just didn’t know how to talk about it.”

Before the controversy could fade, a white supremacist group on Friday called Florida Democrats with a racist robocall mocking blacks and Gillum.

Gillum didn’t shy away from accusing DeSantis of intentionally using racially coded language that inspired the robocall, which DeSantis’ camp had denounced.

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1. Ron DeSantis is Sideshow Bob!

[NCjack]

2. Nice when Repugs keep making the "macaca" mistake.