DeSantis Campaign’s ‘Slavery, Anti-Gay Video, Alleged Nazi Symbol’ Controversies Criticized Amid Call for More Firings
thenewcivilrightsmovement.comThe Orlando Sentinel, examining the “reboot” of Governor Ron DeSantis‘ presidential campaign, reports the Republican candidate had a “difficult weekend on the culture war front,” and was “re-doubling his defense of the state’s controversial new Black history standards as a new report revealed a now-infamous anti-LGBTQ ad was actually made within the campaign itself.” That last bombshell was first reported by The New York Times on Sunday, which called it “more of a self-inflicted wound than was previously known: A DeSantis campaign aide had originally produced the video internally, passing it off to an outside supporter to post it first and making it appear as if it was generated independently, according to a person with knowledge of the incident.” The Sentinel also adds that in a separate instance last week, a “pro-DeSantis account also tweeted a video that included alleged imagery of a Nazi symbol.
Though reports that it had been retweeted by a DeSantis campaign staffer before it was deleted were unconfirmed, Florida Democrats pounced.” READ MORE: DeSantis Makes Wild Claims About Jan.
6: ‘Prove’ to Me It Was an Insurrection Among those Florida Democrats pouncing is U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost, who tweeted, “Calling DeSantis a fascist isn’t hyperbole, it’s defining what he is.” Frost also tweeted a screenshot of the alleged Nazi symbol.
Meanwhile, Governor DeSantis’ new education standards that “include teaching ‘how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit’,” according to instructions, has also caused the campaign major problems.
