vitale, democratic strategist and host jamaal adams. fox news, guys, came out with their own statement after ron desantis did that interview. it's rare to get fox news to come out and say they don't condone certain language. doesn't happen all that often. >> a little while ago we had ron desantis, the republican nominee for governor in florida, on for an interview to discuss the florida election. during the interview he made what some are calling an inappropriate comment about his democratic opponent, andrew gillum. we do not condone this language and wanted to make our viewers aware he has clarified his statement. >> it's interesting when fox says they don't condone that language. jamal, what is your take on this? do you think it's a slip of the tongue or is it a dog whistle? >> in about august of 2006, there was a united states senator from virginia named