I have said many times that Citrus County has some fine people residing here BUT we also are loaded with racism. Ron Desantis...famous for his monkey comment has made too much of a pattern of racism to be ignored.
The get together was back in May and I don’t know if it has been chronicled in all of his tolerance and display of racism but Tampa Bay Times reported it when it happend.www.tampabay.com/… Here is the audio of the horrid racism shown …..How many white people have you known to be part of a hanging tree? He would probably explain this was talking about punshiment in general….. uh ...I don’t think so. The convicted murderer was white...but hanging trees are generally put in use for POC. Vigalante justice ? Why have courts?
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Yesterday, the Tampa Bay Times reported that at an event on Saturday in Citrus County, DeSantis was railing against the state's Supreme Court when a DeSantis supporter shouted "I have a tree and a rope in my backyard." Then, another supporter yelled "bring back the hanging tree." DeSantis said nothing — and his campaign later appeared to defend the remark.
Sound more like Breitbart than a future governor of Florida? Breitbart likes that. Rebekah Mercer — one of the site's owners — cut a $25,000 check for DeSantis a few days ago www.floridadems.org/…
Well as you can see this is a Trump pick for sure. He embraces his views just as much as 45 does.
I advocate for vets… I would not walk across the street to help this so called defender of freedom. He is not fit for the office of governor. He is a radical !
Don’t get me wrong, the subject matter of the rape and death of a child should absouletly be carried before a judge and jury for the full extent of the law…’ I also will go on record to say this man should have to pay the full price for this horrible crime on a child. A law passed in Florida in 2017 regarding capitol crimes must be unanimous. It is not true the higher court was legislating from the bench.
I do think the guy should be locked away forever and ever and ever because death is too quick of a punishment.
For the record the convicted killer is a white male BUT we all know what race a hanging tree prefers.
. But there was no excuse to go along with the hanging tree comment of vigalante justice that has been a dog whistle and miscarriage of justice to many WHO ARE innocent during the Jim Crow era. This was another dog whistle agreement. The convicted person who did this horrible crime needs to face consequences but not because some yahoo yelled out, “ Bring back the hanging tree”.
We DO have a supreme court and disagreeing with a capitol crime decision is not how we settle law and the death penalty decision.
This area where the comment was made is very very Trumpish… Please help Dana Cottrell and Andrew Gillum.
The correct answer for DeSantis would have been, “ We have laws and we need no hanging trees in the State of Florida. “
This particuliar area is Daniel Webster’s territory. Vote Dana not Daniel .
She needs your help ! Her husband is a true patriot as he is an Army vet and running for statehouse while suffering from cancer.
I think this man, Ron DeSantis should be let no where near the Statehouse in Florida. He makes Scott look tolerable.
By the way….Did you know old Ron worked at Gitmo? He doesn’t want it closed.
This race for governor is not a shoo in for Gillum by any means… Florida needs your support.
I surely hope Robert Mueller has his eyes on this Desantis guy. I mean… this is a pick from Trump and the Mercers.
Ron DeSantis has given speeches four times at the David Horowitz Freedom Center’s annual Restoration Weekend. See the full article above at the link to The Huffington Post.