DeSantis Repeatedly Refuses To Condemn Republicans Who Associate With Self-Declared Nazi Nick Fuentes

October 11, 2023 Extremists, Republicans

Mediaite has the transcript:

JOHN BERMAN: Let me just ask you then, on Nick Fuentes for a second. He ate at Mar-a-Lago with Donald Trump in 2022. He’s also said, among other things, “I love Hitler,” a guy like that who spreads conspiracy theories like the one you were just talking about. How do you feel about Republicans associating with him?

RON DESANTIS: Well, I reject all conspiracy theories of that nature. I think that we just have so much garbage in our society right now. I mean, it broke my heart to see those, those demonstrators. It breaks my heart to see college students–

JOHN BERMAN: Should Republicans be eating with Nick Fuentes?

RON DESANTIS: –putting out praise of Hamas, all across the board. I mean, I think we just have to we just have to stand up together and and do what’s right. And so, yeah, look, I’m proud of what we’ve done in Florida. You know, we’ve signed major legislation to combat anti-Semitism. We’ve provided security assistance for our Jewish Day schools, and we’ve beefed up Holocaust education because it’s important that we never forget. So we’ve led by example here with our kids. And I think that’s part of the reason why we have such a strong community here.

JOHN BERMAN: All right. You didn’t answer my question on Nick Fuentes. You gonna give a direct answer to that?

RON DESANTIS: Honestly, we’re kind of garbled about Mar-a-Lago. I mean, someone was saying something bad. Obviously, my record speaks for itself.

JOHN BERMAN: I just want to know if Republicans should be eating with Nick Fuentes.

RON DESANTIS: I would not do that.

The above tracks with DeSantis’s history of refusing to condemn Nazi demonstrations in his own state.



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