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:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 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,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cThat is not going to work. That\u2019s not going to be good for Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n
The use of language seen as containing coded racism prompted an extraordinary rebuke from the network. [WaPo<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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<\/a> one of his nomination videos.<\/p>\n
If this is the competency level of Republican nominees, and they win in November<\/em>, then there’s going to be an awful lot of hurting going on in the near future.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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: \u201cThe last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda with huge tax increases and bankrupting \u2026 Continue reading