Florida GOP candidate Ron DeSantis launches racist attack on Fox saying voters shouldn’t ‘monkey this up’ by electing Andrew Gillum
Tuesday night, in a major upset, progressive candidate Andrew Gillum won the Democratic Party primary over two well-funded candidates.
The Tallahassee mayor was often dismissed as a longshot for the race, and had only been polling in fourth place. But now that he’s seized the nomination he will face off against Ron DeSantis, a vocal Trump supporter, in November.
“Tonight as the mayor of Florida’s capital city, I humbly accept the Democratic nomination,” Gillum said to watch-party attendees as they chanted “Bring it home! Bring it home!”
Donald Trump wasted no time congratulating the GOP nominee while throwing some shade at Gillum on Twitter.
“Not only did Congressman Ron DeSantis easily win the Republican Primary, but his opponent in November is his biggest dream….a failed Socialist Mayor named Andrew Gillum who has allowed crime & many other problems to flourish in his city,” Trump tweeted Wednesday morning. “This is not what Florida wants or needs!”
Unfortunately for the president, Gillum had time and quickly responded to the president’s attack posting: “What our state and country needs is decency, hope, and leadership. If you agree, join us at http://AndrewGillum.com . Also, @ me next time, @realDonaldTrump.”
And another indication that the Florida race is going to be waged in the mud came when Gillum’s GOP opponent went on Fox News today with some racist commentary on the midterm battle telling Florida voters that they shouldn’t “monkey things up” by electing Gillum.
Uh Ron DeSantis just said FL shouldn’t “monkey this up” by electing Andrew Gillum pic.twitter.com/nDPp3Hx7zc
— Steve Morris (@stevemorris__) August 29, 2018
Oh, it’s on now…
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