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LetMyPeopleVote

(179,870 posts)
Thu Feb 3, 2022, 02:14 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
This country is now officially bat shit. Laffy Kat Feb 2022 #1
Sadly, worse than 'bat shit.' elleng Feb 2022 #2
He's a leading republican potential for 2024 cilla4progress Feb 2022 #3
When is this carbuncle known as Trumpism going to finally burst? King_Klonopin Feb 2022 #4
"Stephen Colbert" nailed it about Ron Desantis! LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #5

King_Klonopin

(1,379 posts)
4. When is this carbuncle known as Trumpism going to finally burst?
Thu Feb 3, 2022, 03:01 AM
Feb 2022

Who will exorcise these demons from the possessed?

Their festering souls are filled with purulent hatred and malevolence.

At some point, the body politic has to expel this poison before it dies.

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