DeSantis staffer who shared video featuring neo-Nazi symbol no longer with campaign

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  1. 3link

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    https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/07/26/politics/desantis-staffer-campaign/index.html

    Kudos to DeSantis for firing this guy immediately (although he literally had no choice). But is it any surprise that the DeSantis campaign would attract neonazis in the first place? I’m sure he felt right at home. But he made a grave mistake. Republican staffers are supposed to maintain the illusion that their candidates are not bigots. I guess this guy missed the memo.
     
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    De Santis is now woke
     
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    So let me see if I got this straight..... They immediately fire the staffer who retweeted this image but somehow that's evidence that they're all racist....
     
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    Woke racists to be exact
     
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    Everyone I don't like and who disagrees with me is a racist...
     
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    We all have choices.
     
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    You've gone further than I ever have. I have never considered racism to be woke. But I do agree that wokeness is negative for society just like racism.
     
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    How is simply being aware “a negative for society”?
     
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    just like disagreeing with conservative economic policy automatically make people Marxist, socialist, communist.

    Last 50 years conservative had no issue calling Democrats - Marxist, socialist, communist because they disagree with conservative policy.

    "for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap."
     
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    No, but he clearly is
     
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    Name the top three racist things he has done... I'll make it easy and just lead off with one
     
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    1. Allowed the change in education that says it can be taught that slavery had “benefits” for slaves.

    2. Changed the education curriculum when discussing race in the first place.

    3. Have a staffer that made/sent out that Nazi video mentioned in the OP in the first place.

    Bonus: seems to attract a ton of white supremacists as supporters for his campaign and doesn’t seem to think that’s a problem.
     
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    None of which is actual racism
     
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    Yea it is, the fact that you don’t see a problem with any of that isn’t helping but then, I guess that’s just who you are.
     
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    Might be a reason for that.

    Anyway, this **** seems to keep happening to DeSantis an awful lot during this election, so even in the off chance he’s not racist he has a lot more in common with white supremacists than he likes to admit and he appeals to them.
     
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    That’s left wing logic unfortunately. Joe is friends with white supremacists, but they think it’s the right that “appeals to them” lol.
     
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    They fired the guy NOT because of Nazi images.... it was the notorious lack of MORE Nazi images...
     
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    Numbers 2 and 3 aren't even close, but the case can certainly be made that attempting to make the history of slavery less bad is...

    That's near textbook racism in my book...
     
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    Gives clear meaning to "whitewashing"......:D
     
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    It didn't look like re-tweet, since it was a DeSantis campaign ad.

    As of now he has fired 40% of his staff as his campaign keeps tanking.
     
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    That was extremely stupid of the staffer.
     

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