after he started to get backlash, his campaign came out with this statement. ron desantis was obviously talking about florida not making the wrong decision to embrace the socialist policies that andrew gillum espouses. to characterize it as anything else is absurd. you know, given the history of monkey being used as a slur against african americans, is it really absurd, alice? >> no. that statement should have been pretty concise and said, i'm sorry, bad choice of words, terrible mistake. let's move on. game on to the primary. that would be the best way to resolve this. that being said, his entire message about the -- that gillum, his policies are wrong for florida, socialist agenda and tax policies to increase taxes and hurt florida completely got lost. that is a solid message. that is a solid contrast between the primary and the general