The winner of the Republican nomination for the governorship of Florida, the Trump-clutcher and heretofore obscure Ron DeSantis, isn’t very good at subtle dog whistling:
“The last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda with huge tax increases and bankrupting the state,” DeSantis said. “That is not going to work. That’s not going to be good for Florida.”
The use of language seen as containing coded racism prompted an extraordinary rebuke from the network. [WaPo]
Clumsy, embarrassing, and indicative of someone who probably can’t find his ass using both hands. I don’t know his opponent, progressive Democrat Andrew Gillum, but I suspect his surprise victory has given him enough momentum to worry a guy who can’t speak a whole sentence without mentioning Trump. In case you missed it the first time, here’s one of his nomination videos.
If this is the competency level of Republican nominees, and they win in November, then there’s going to be an awful lot of hurting going on in the near future.
It occurs to me that some readers may not understand. “Monkey” has been used as a derogatory reference for African Americans, and in this context is the only meaning that makes any sense.
