Gov. Ron DeSantis accuses Democrats of trying to 'smear' him over neo-Nazi rally in Orlando

[Zorro]

Gov. Ron DeSantis accused Democrats Monday of trying to "smear" him over how his administration's responded to a neo-Nazi demonstration in Orlando over the weekend.

Republican leaders across Florida condemned the neo-Nazi rally, with U.S. Sen. Rick Scott tweeting Sunday that "the hateful & anti-Semitic demonstrations reported in Florida today have no place in our state."

But DeSantis didn't weigh in until asked about it during a press conference Monday afternoon in Palm Beach County, and the governor's press secretary drew attention for a tweet that questioned whether the incident was staged.

"Do we even know they're Nazis?" said DeSantis spokeswoman Christina Pushaw in a tweet that later was deleted. "Or is this a stunt like the 'white nationalists' who crashed the (Virginia Gov. Glenn) Youngkin rally in Charlottesville and turned out to be Dem staffers? I trust Florida law enforcement to investigate and am awaiting their conclusions."

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/politics/2022/01/31/gov-ron-desantis-and-press-secretary-christina-pushaw-over-nazi-rally-response/9293703002/

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. It is theoretically possible they were phonies ... and maybe we should've waited to pile on

until we were totally sure.

But the NC "White Nationalists" she refers to were doing something far, far less offensive.

That Lincoln Project stunt was ill-advised (as I said at the time), but I really can't see any Dem/Liberal taking anything as far as what these people did in Orlando.

As such, I'm inclined to think those were legit Nazi's ... but it would really reflect badly if they were not.

[applegrove]

2. And the investigation will take a few days and then DeSantis will not make

the news if he answers.

[Deuxcents]

3. He is the "smear" here

Not a peep at the time n then when he does say something..