Rep. Ron DeSantis’ claims that he’s no racist just got a little more difficult for him to defend. Immediately after becoming Florida’s Republican gubernatorial nominee, DeSantis called his black opponent, Andrew Gillum, “articulate” and urged voters not to “monkey this up” by electing Gillum. Now we learn that DeSantis spoke at a conference organized by notorious racist David Horowitz—not once, but four times.
At the David Horowitz Freedom Center conferences, DeSantis was on the program with people like Steve Bannon, Sebastian Gorka, and a host of vile, racist right-wing media personalities. But while DeSantis didn’t control the full slate of speakers, he chose to speak at a David Horowitz event four times and to say, in 2015, that “David has done such great work and I’ve been an admirer. I’ve been to these conferences in the past but I’ve been a big admirer of an organization that shoots straight, tells the American people the truth and is standing up for the right thing.” This, friends, is David Horowitz:
Another recent Horowitz tweet said: “Black Africans enslaved black Africans. America freed them sacrificing 350k mainly white Union lives. American blacks are richer, more privileged, freer than blacks anywhere in the world, including all black run countries.”
In yet another, he shared a Fox News story about a Dallas man arrested after reportedly traveling to Washington to kill “all white police” at the White House. “Meanwhile, the country’s only serious race war — against whites — continues,” Horowitz wrote.
Ron DeSantis chose to link himself to that “great work.” He’s “an admirer.” He likes that Horowitz “tells the American people the truth.”
Ron DeSantis already told us he was a racist with “monkey this up.” If you didn’t believe him that time, here’s another chance to acknowledge reality.
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