Posted on 09/02/2018 9:56:19 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Ron DeSantis is going after his Florida Democratic gubernatorial rival Andrew Gillum as the GOP congressman seeks to move on from controversy surrounding a racially-charged remark made last week.
DeSantis told host John Catsimatidis in an interview airing Sunday on AM 970 in New York that Gillum, who is backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and advocates for more left-leaning proposals such as "Medicare for all" and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is an "untraditional" opponent.
"I would say it's very untraditional for Florida, [though] not anything to do with me, I'm a solid conservative in the Reagan tradition and I've been supportive of the president's agenda," DeSantis said.
"This Andrew Gillum, he's on the far-left socialist fringe," DeSantis continued. "He's a Bernie Sanders, [Alexandria] Ocasio-Cortez type candidate."
"If you have a guy like this enacting a socialist agenda it's going to absolutely destroy all the progress that Florida has made," he added. "He wants to turn Florida in to Venezuela."
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A mere figure of speech, not a racially charged remark, but too many are too blind to discern.
Venezuela? Or perhaps Soweto?
“He wants to turn Florida in to Venezuela.”
RAM IT DOWN GILLUM’s THROAT
I’m not a FL resident but I can’t imagine the voters of FL electing a leftist radical such as Gillum.
Then again, I am (for the time being) a CA resident and I will not be surprised if the majority of voters here elect the far-left Gavin Newsom as the next governor.
In 2008 racist Obama said both parties “monkey around with elections.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqrY09FmyQY
If the first thing you think of when you hear the term “monkey around” is black people, you may be a racist.
Is it true that Venezuela is so bad that somebody broke in the Zoo and ate the Monkeys?
Hey, DeSantis.......ask Gillum if he’d back Hillary for a USSC justice?
Wait until all the corruption charges come out!
Ron DeSantis is right... or maybe even the horror of what happened to Cuba.
Socialism talks the sweet talk but walks the totalitarian thug walk. Vote for ‘free everything’ and receive ‘hell on earth’...
Free medical care, free education, free housing, free phones, free food, free everything.
Anything you say, do or look at a black is considered racist.
This is the best thing about Trump, finally Republican candidates are getting balls.
The only problem “redistributionists” face is that all the things they wish to “redistribute” are produced by capitalism.
It’s a conspiracy!
Is “The Hill” a swamp creature? Sure sounds like it is!
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<><>seeks to expand Medicaid to cover 700,000 more people,
<><> supports removal of Confederate monuments.
<><> would raise the corporate tax rate to 7.75 percent, up from the current 5.5 percent
<><> supports a $15 minimum wage.
<><> has called for the impeachment of Donald Trump.
<><> is for climate change
<><>opposes Florida's Stand-your-ground law
<><> wants the voting rights of felons restored.
<><> received financial support from Tom Steyer and George Soros.
Orangutans are skeptical
Of Changes in their cages
Gillium is also a gun grabber.
Maybe people don’t know but Tallahassee is one of the most corrupt cities in America. The Feds have taken down a whole bunch of Gillium’s associates and exposed massive corruption within the city government. Gillium hasn’t been charged with anything yet but plenty of people he associated with have and the investigations and indictments continue.....
There are plenty of middle and upper middle class professional types from Venezuela living in Florida right now who got the hell out in the last 10-15 years. The whole “wants to turn Florida into Venezuela” comment will definitely hit home with lots of folks in South Florida. North Florida will simply never go for a socialist no matter what anyway.
“Is it true that Venezuela is so bad that somebody broke in the Zoo and ate the Monkeys?”
Maybe so but for sure “Flamingo a la Brasa” - rotisserie flamingo (herbs & spices back-ordered) - was chef’s surprise until plucked out. Anything with hooves still residing at the zoo is an endangered species.
Monkeyville shithole.
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