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GOP candidate for Florida governor spoke at racially charged events

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  1. Makkiux
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    GOP nominees being openly associated with white nationalists seems to be coming increasingly normalized; to the point where revelations like this won't stop people from voting for someone like...

    GOP nominees being openly associated with white nationalists seems to be coming increasingly normalized; to the point where revelations like this won't stop people from voting for someone like this. Not white nationalism, but Roy Moore just barely lost his election.

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  2. dubteedub
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    Previously it was only reported that Ron DeSantis had spoken at the 2017 conference put together to promote a number of racist, altright, and white supremacist voices...

    Previously it was only reported that Ron DeSantis had spoken at the 2017 conference put together to promote a number of racist, altright, and white supremacist voices

    https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2018/06/25/ron-desantis-attended-a-conference-alongside-the-alt-rights-favorite-racist-misogynistic-speakers

    It is now revealed that he has spoken at the last four of these annual events alonside some of the largest voices of the altright in the U.S. and Europe including Stephen K. Bannon, Milo Yiannopoulos, Sebastian Gorka, Nigel Farage, Ben Shapiro.


    Previous discussion of this election here

    Bernie-backed Andrew Gillum wins Florida gubernatorial primary in upset


    Edit: DeSantis just resigned from his Congressional seat to go all in on this Gubernatorial election. He may be trying to distract from this news breaking about his ties to the altright.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-ron-desantis-resigns-congress-n908146

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