New racial controversy batters DeSantis
Source: Politico
A Republican activist who donated more than $20,000 to Ron DeSantis and lined up a speech for him at President Trumps Mar-a-Lago club called President Obama a F---- MUSLIM N---- on Twitter recently, in addition to other inflammatory remarks.
Steven M. Alembik told POLITICO Wednesday he wrote the Obama tweet in anger, that hes absolutely not a racist and that he understood that DeSantiss campaign for governor would need to distance himself from the comments which the campaign promptly did.
Weve said it before, well say it again: we adamantly denounce this sort of disgusting rhetoric, DeSantis campaign spokesman Stephen Lawson said in a written statement.
The controversy comes after DeSantis sent his campaign into a tailspin the day after the Aug. 28 primary by using the awkward phrase monkey this up in describing how the economy could falter under the plans of his opponent, Andrew Gillum, the Florida Democratic Partys first African-American nominee for governor.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/20/ron-desantis-florida-racial-issues-830726
joshdawg
(2,651 posts)Color me shocked!
rurallib
(62,448 posts)they much prefer the more opaque racist language like "monkey"
chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)"he's "absolutely not" a racist." So, how would we know?
louis c
(8,652 posts)...not whether or not DeSantis denounces this type of racial rhetoric. The point is, why are these disgusting racists always attracted to you and Trump?
lapislzi
(5,762 posts)So his racist money is just fine.
I see.
Marcuse
(7,506 posts)But Alembik said he had asked for the money back because his accountant told him he issued the contributions from the wrong bank account. The balance of Alembiks contributions to DeSantis, $11,920, have been made to DeSantis congressional campaigns since 2015, his gubernatorial campaign and two state political committees that have supported him.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)lark
(23,155 posts)He hangs out with racist haters, gave speeches every year at an organization of white separatists, himself made a very nasty racial reference immediately upon knowing that a black man was his opponent, then claims he has no racial bias. Then why does he exhibit racial bias in so many ways? Easy - because he 100% is a racist, his supporters are racists and his friends are racists and he's trying to pretend none of this is real, but doing a very very poor job because his lies are so very obvious.
forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)God damned pigs, every god damned one of those Greedy Old Perverts.
peekaloo
(22,977 posts)Not fair I Tells ya!
Archae
(46,345 posts)Ron DeSantis, the Trump-loving Republican candidate for governor in Florida, has found himself involved in yet another racism controversy.
Earlier on Thursday, it was reported that major DeSantis donor Steven Alembik who gave the campaign more than $20,000 admitted that he called former President Barack Obama a Muslim n*gger, although he insisted that he was not really a racist.
And now the Miami New Times reports that DeSantis wife Casey this week attended an event in Florida alongside Trevor Loudon, a notorious right-wing conspiracy theorist who has in the past claimed to have proof that former President Barack Obama was born in Kenya.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/trump-loving-ron-desantis-hit-another-racism-scandal-wife-hangs-notorious-birther/
Racerdog1
(808 posts)He wants to be just like his hero, the orange asshole. Keep trying little Ronnie you aren't there yet, moron.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)The only reason this shocks is that he was open about it instead of using dog whistles.