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Zorro

(15,740 posts)
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 12:28 AM Oct 2018

Ron DeSantis fires back: Andrew Gillum 'called me a dog' at debate [View all]

Source: Orlando Sentinel

Republican Ron DeSantis had a fiery response Saturday to the flap over him calling his Democratic opponent for governor Andrew Gillum by his first name at two statewide debates.

“He called a me a dog at the debate,” DeSantis said after Fox News 13 Tampa reporter Jennifer Holton asked him about the issue. “Did you watch that?”

“So what, he has his own standard, and I have a different standard? … OK, fine. Crooked Mayor Gillum, how about that? He took bribes,’’ DeSantis continued. “How about failed Mayor Gillum? He has the highest crime in Tallahassee, the highest number of murders in history.”

Gillum, the mayor of Tallahassee, complained about DeSantis using his first name at rally on Thursday. During the debates, Gillum called DeSantis either “congressman” or “Mr. DeSantis.”

Read more: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-pulse/os-ne-ron-desantis-andrew-gillum-dog-20181027-story.html



He's had a week, and that's the best he can come up with? Whadda snowflake.

Boo hoo hoo.
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