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Left Doubles Down On Race Card As DeSantis Pulls Away With Governorship

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Republican Ron DeSantis won the Florida gubernatorial race against Democrat Andrew Gillum Tuesday night, prompting reporters at liberal publications to assertion that he’d lead a racist campaign.

Huffington Post reporter Zach Carter called DeSantis’s campaign “nakedly raicst.” Buzzfeed and HuffPo author Jordan Zakarin said DeSantis won despite being outed as a “white supremacist.” Vice author Max Berger called DeSantis’ campaign “openly racist,” and Mic author Alex Berg said that DeSantis’ victory shows that “white supremacy and racism” have a hold in this country.

The DeSantis campaign was perhaps the most nakedly racist campaign in a very racist election cycle.

— Zach Carter (@zachdcarter) November 7, 2018

The idea of Ron DeSantis winning after running as a mini-Trump, being outed as a white supremacist and being helped by horridly racist robocalls…. well, I already had no faith in Florida, but damn, that would suck.

— Jordan Zakarin (@jordanzakarin) November 7, 2018

Even if openly racist Ron DeSantis pulls through in Florida, the passage of amendment 4 could shift the politics of the state for generations.

DeSantis pretty much calling Gillum a “monkey” and leading anyway sums up the hold that white supremacy and racism have on this country in 2018. #electionnight

— Alex Berg (@itsalexberg) November 7, 2018

Re-franchising millions of voters will give Democrats a much better shot going forward. https://t.co/Sd8zyCQa6K

— we will outlive them ???????? (@maxberger) November 7, 2018

DeSantis first came under fire for racism when he told Flordia voters not to “monkey up” the state’s economic success with the policies Gillum espoused. Gillum, a black man, harped on the word “monkey” as racist throughout the election.

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