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DeSantis warns Floridians not to "monkey this up" by electing Gillum
Jeffrey Schweers, Tallahassee Democrat Published 10:23 a.m. ET Aug. 29, 2018

Ron DeSantis, the Republican nominee for Florida Governor told Fox News this morning that Florida shouldn't "monkey this up" by electing Democratic nominee Andrew Gillum.

Read more at: https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2018/08/29/desantis-accused-making-racist-slur-gillum/1131912002/

Very short article, Drudge gave this as a red sub headline.  I don't care for how this comes out, intentional or not, I can't judge.


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Re: DeSantis warns Floridians not to "monkey this up" by electing Gillum
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2018, 03:18:13 pm »
Not good.  One day...he already has a frickin' "Macaca Moment".
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Re: DeSantis warns Floridians not to "monkey this up" by electing Gillum
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2018, 03:19:11 pm »
LOL. What a load of shit.

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Re: DeSantis warns Floridians not to "monkey this up" by electing Gillum
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2018, 03:24:22 pm »
Damn..choose your words more carefully..the rats will run with this non-stop...sheeeeesh!
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Re: DeSantis warns Floridians not to "monkey this up" by electing Gillum
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2018, 03:27:35 pm »
Damn..choose your words more carefully..the rats will run with this non-stop...sheeeeesh!

Well that's going to take McCain off of the news.

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Re: DeSantis warns Floridians not to "monkey this up" by electing Gillum
« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2018, 03:29:24 pm »
Damn..choose your words more carefully..the rats will run with this non-stop...sheeeeesh!

Yeah and most voters are going to laugh at this overreach.

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Re: DeSantis warns Floridians not to "monkey this up" by electing Gillum
« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2018, 03:32:11 pm »
Yeah and most voters are going to laugh at this overreach.

Yeah most will..DeSantis is a seasoned politician..this is a rookie mistake. I just hope he doesn't go on an apology tour to all the networks...that just makes it worse.
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Re: DeSantis warns Floridians not to "monkey this up" by electing Gillum
« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2018, 03:33:19 pm »
Never give your opponent ammunition.

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Re: DeSantis warns Floridians not to "monkey this up" by electing Gillum
« Reply #8 on: August 29, 2018, 03:34:34 pm »
Damn..choose your words more carefully..the rats will run with this non-stop...sheeeeesh!


Run and run and run. Maybe his own minority credentials will help.


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Re: DeSantis warns Floridians not to "monkey this up" by electing Gillum
« Reply #9 on: August 29, 2018, 03:35:44 pm »
DeSantis seems to be a man of integrity. It's hard to see him having intentional malicious aims here. Maybe he will just move on.

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Re: DeSantis warns Floridians not to "monkey this up" by electing Gillum
« Reply #10 on: August 29, 2018, 03:35:47 pm »
Yeah most will..DeSantis is a seasoned politician..this is a rookie mistake. I just hope he doesn't go on an apology tour to all the networks...that just makes it worse.

Exactly, now he just needs to stand by it and not apologize, and just say, "You know I didn't mean anything by that other than using a well-known expression that has absolutely no racial connotations".  None of this lame, "I'm sorry if anyone was offended" crap.

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Re: DeSantis warns Floridians not to "monkey this up" by electing Gillum
« Reply #11 on: August 29, 2018, 03:39:30 pm »
Yeah most will..DeSantis is a seasoned politician..this is a rookie mistake. I just hope he doesn't go on an apology tour to all the networks...that just makes it worse.

A rookie mistake? Are we now supposed to use the "M" word when talking about a certain zoo animal?

This is absurd.

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Re: DeSantis warns Floridians not to "monkey this up" by electing Gillum
« Reply #12 on: August 29, 2018, 03:39:40 pm »
......and here we go

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Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Terrie Rizzo slammed DeSantis after the interview.

"It's disgusting that Ron DeSantis is launching his general election campaign with racist dog whistles," Rizzo said in a statement.

Geoff Burgan, Gillum's campaign spokesman, told the Tallahassee Democrat that his campaign was letting Rizzo respond to DeSantis's comments.

"DeSantis's comments speak for themselves," he said.

The Florida Republican's remarks came shortly after Gillum pulled off a stunning win in Florida's Democratic gubernatorial primary on Tuesday night.
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Re: DeSantis warns Floridians not to "monkey this up" by electing Gillum
« Reply #13 on: August 29, 2018, 03:40:06 pm »
Fox reporting it now... 9999hair out0000
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Re: DeSantis warns Floridians not to "monkey this up" by electing Gillum
« Reply #14 on: August 29, 2018, 03:41:46 pm »
A rookie mistake? Are we now supposed to use the "M" word when talking about a certain zoo animal?

This is absurd.

It maybe absurd but you know good and well stoopid mistakes like this have cost candidates an election..
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Re: DeSantis warns Floridians not to "monkey this up" by electing Gillum
« Reply #15 on: August 29, 2018, 03:43:24 pm »
It maybe absurd but you know good and well stoopid mistakes like this have cost candidates an election..

LOL. Stupid mistakes, not using regular words cost people elections. This will be a dead issue by the end of the week, if it even gets that far.

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Re: DeSantis warns Floridians not to "monkey this up" by electing Gillum
« Reply #16 on: August 29, 2018, 03:45:01 pm »
LOL. Stupid mistakes, not using regular words cost people elections. This will be a dead issue by the end of the week, if it even gets that far.

Hope your right..maybe the McCain funeral will knock it off the front pages.
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Re: DeSantis warns Floridians not to "monkey this up" by electing Gillum
« Reply #17 on: August 29, 2018, 03:46:20 pm »
Whats really pathetic is this is the kind of mickey mouse sh*t that offers the left their best chance at regaining power.

Heaven forbid they try to win on issues.

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Re: DeSantis warns Floridians not to "monkey this up" by electing Gillum
« Reply #18 on: August 29, 2018, 03:47:15 pm »
I think there was some deal with Santorum back in 2012 and his campaign would not dignify the questions with an answer. Maybe that would be the correct tact on this.  "We aren't even going to dignify that with an answer, it's absurd."

Rick's case may have been less serious, it was where he gave a speech and they pondered if was going to say something but he caught himself before he said it. I like Santorum, so I don't want to get too much into what was probably ridiculous to bring up in the first place.
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Re: DeSantis warns Floridians not to "monkey this up" by electing Gillum
« Reply #19 on: August 29, 2018, 04:22:01 pm »
To the liberal press everything is an "African American" in the woodpile.   
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Re: DeSantis warns Floridians not to "monkey this up" by electing Gillum
« Reply #20 on: August 29, 2018, 04:24:24 pm »
It is a figure of speech: as in "Don't throw a monkey wrench in the works."

Instead of backing down, he should use it to show how the dems and their media partners, try to make a false accusation.

What is "disantis?" Italian, Cuban, Spanish, Portugese?" What?
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Re: DeSantis warns Floridians not to "monkey this up" by electing Gillum
« Reply #21 on: August 29, 2018, 04:29:49 pm »
Well of course the press would think "black people" anytime a monkey is brought into the discussion.

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« Reply #23 on: August 29, 2018, 05:19:09 pm »
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/404179-fox-news-denounces-desantiss-monkey-remark-on-dem-rival

Fox News denounces DeSantis's 'monkey' remark on Dem rival
By Aris Folley - 08/29/18 12:55 PM EDT

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Fox News host Sandra Smith said Wednesday that the network did not condone Rep. Ron DeSantis's (R) language when he warned voters not to "monkey this up" by voting for his Democratic gubernatorial opponent Andrew Gillum.

DeSantis's remark about Gillum, who would be Florida's first black governor if elected, prompted quick backlash, with the state Democratic Party chair saying he was "launching his general election campaign with racist dog whistles."

“A little while ago, we had Ron DeSantis, the Republican nominee for governor in Florida on for an interview to discuss the Florida election,” Smith said on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” before reading a statement from DeSantis's campaign clarifying his earlier remarks.

"We do not condone this language and wanted to make our viewers aware that he has since clarified his statement," she added.

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Re: DeSantis warns Floridians not to "monkey this up" by electing Gillum
« Reply #24 on: August 29, 2018, 05:24:00 pm »
No one gives a shit.  This is just a big todo about nothing.   Most of Fl Is going to vote for De Soto.  The fluffer from Gainsville is a nothing
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