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In his primary. as his opponent was being interviewed about his own primary win, trump-backed ron desantis talked about him being a racist dog whistle. >> he has charismatic views and i watched the democratic debates. none of that is my cup of tea, but he performed better than the other people there. so weve got to work hard to make sure we continue, florida, going in a good direction. lets build off the success we had with governor scott. the last thing we need to do is monkey this up by trying...

In his primary. as his opponent was being interviewed about his own primary win, trump-backed ron desantis talked about him being a racist dog whistle. >> he has charismatic views and i watched the democratic debates. none of that is my cup of tea, but he performed better than the other people there. so weve got to work hard to make sure we continue, florida, going in a good direction. lets build off the success we had with governor scott. the last thing we need to do is monkey this up by trying...

A racist dog whistle. >> he has charismatic views and i watched the democratic debates. none of that is my cup of tea, but he performed better than the other people there. so weve got to work hard to make sure we continue, florida, going in a good direction. lets build off the success we had with governor scott. the last thing we need to do is monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda with huge tax increases and bankrupting the state. >> fox news issued an on-air statement after the...

Later made an on-air statement saying they dont condone that language. then last hour, gillum responded. >> that part wasnt lost on me. its very clear that mr. desantis is taking a page directly from the campaign manual of donald trump. but i think hes got another thing coming to him if he thinks that in todays day and age florida voters are going to respond to that level of derision and division. theyre sick of it. >> joining the table, journalist mara gay, member of the "the new york times" ed...