Nazis Rally In Florida, DeSantis Spox Falsely Blames Dem 'Stunt' [View all]
The press secretary for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) stopped short of condemning a neo-Nazi rally that took place in Orlando over the weekend, and instead lashed out at reporters and falsely suggested the rally was a Democratic “stunt” to make the governor look bad.
Plenty of local and state officials came out against the rally on Saturday, in which a handful of members of the National Socialist Movement held up swastika-laden banners on the side of a busy corridor in Orlando and chanted anti-Semitic slogans.
“The hateful & anti-Semitic demonstrations reported in Florida today have no place in our state,” tweeted Florida Sen. Rick Scott (R). “Across America, we’ve seen a heartbreaking & disgusting rise in hate like this. We must always condemn it & continue to stand strongly with our Jewish communities.”
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But it took a while for DeSantis’ office to issue what should have been a layup denunciation of a hate group in his state. His press secretary, Christina Pushaw — well known for her volatility with members of the press — instead suggested that the Nazi rally was a Democratic ploy against DeSantis.
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