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LetMyPeopleVote

(154,549 posts)
Thu Feb 3, 2022, 01:15 AM Feb 2022

"REPREHENSIBLE": Ron DeSantis fails to clearly condemn Nazi rallies in Florida

Nazis are a key part of DeathSantis' base




Ron DeSantis thinks that being asked to condemn neo-Nazi demonstrators is playing “their game.” Instead of doing the right thing and clearly condemning a group supporting genocide and white supremacy, he made it completely about himself, his own grievances, and pettiness.

DeSantis did call the Demonstrators “jackasses” and “malcontents,” but he never condemned their ideology.

He never pushed back against their white supremacy.

Anyone paying attention to our Florida state legislative session can deduce why.

Florida Republicans and Ron DeSantis are working hard to make Florida an intolerant place. They are pushing bills to ban the discussion of LGBTQ topics in schools. They want to prohibit discussion regarding Florida’s racist past that causes “discomfort” to whites. They want parents to be able to sue schools and libraries to remove books from curriculums if they disagree with the topics.

It’s in this sort of environment that hatred is emboldened. It would be nice for Ron DeSantis to take a break from talking about the made-up threat of critical race theory and instead clearly denounce the actual threat of Nazi demonstrators in our communities.
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"REPREHENSIBLE": Ron DeSantis fails to clearly condemn Nazi rallies in Florida (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 OP
Old Ron is afraid of losing his base. Chainfire Feb 2022 #1
"Stephen Colbert" nailed it about Ron Desantis! LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #2
 

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)
1. Old Ron is afraid of losing his base.
Thu Feb 3, 2022, 07:20 AM
Feb 2022

You can wrap up his philosophy in something I heard on an old TV western, "You are either with us or again' us." DeSantis is apparently with the Nazis. What is scarier than DeSantis is that the majority of Florida voters are "with" him. My state has become a state of Mickey Mouse and Jackboots.

He wants to be our next President and he will travel any road to get there.

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