GOP candidate for Fla. governor spoke at racially charged events
Source: Washington Post
Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), a gubernatorial nominee who recently was accused of using racially tinged language, spoke four times at conferences organized by a conservative activist who has said that African Americans owe their freedom to white people and that the countrys only serious race war is against whites.
DeSantis, elected to represent north-central Florida in 2012, appeared at the David Horowitz Freedom Center conferences in Palm Beach, Fla., and Charleston, S.C., in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017, said Michael Finch, president of the organization. At the groups annual Restoration Weekend conferences, hundreds of people gather to hear right-wing provocateurs such as Stephen K. Bannon, Milo Yiannopoulos and Sebastian Gorka sound off on multiculturalism, radical Islam, free speech on college campuses and other issues.
I just want to say what an honor its been to be here to speak, DeSantis said in a 27-minute speech at the 2015 event in Charleston, a video shows. David has done such great work and Ive been an admirer. Ive been to these conferences in the past but Ive been a big admirer of an organization that shoots straight, tells the American people the truth and is standing up for the right thing.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/gop-candidate-for-fla-governor-spoke-at-racially-charged-events/2018/09/09/c6d3a63c-b114-11e8-a810-4d6b627c3d5d_story.html
The monkey around remark becomes extremely clear now.
dhill926
(16,336 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,738 posts)Did it hurt Trump to have Bannon on his staff running his campaign? Did it hurt Trump to have neo-fascist Sebastian Gorka as his advisor? Did it hurt Trump to accept endorsement from David Duke?
Folks, this is mainstream Republican Kool-Aid these days. They will lap this up all day and ask for more. DeSantis would be hurt more by NOT hanging out with racists and Nazis.
Racerdog1
(808 posts)In this state they would vote for Hitler. They voted for the orange asshole, need I say more?
lark
(23,083 posts)The undervote for president was huge, a never before seen amount, but only in these 2 populous and heavily Democratic counties. Of course I don't know the stats, so don't know if Hillary would have won FL absent the vote hacking, but this sure didn't help. I know there are tons of rednecks in FL, it's why I moved to CA to go to college, but there are lots of non-Cuban minorities as well.
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