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(TALLAHASSEE) During his first run for governor of Florida in 2018, then-Congressman Ron DeSantis was publicly grappling with a number of issues regarding race that had plagued his campaign. In one incident, DeSantis came under fire for a public comment he made ahead of the election in which he urged Florida voters not to "monkey ....
Scott Olson/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE) — During his first run for governor of Florida in 2018, then-Congressman Ron DeSantis was publicly grappling with a number of issues regarding race that had plagued his campaign. In one incident, DeSantis came ....
Scott Olson/Getty Images(TALLAHASSEE) During his first run for governor of Florida in 2018, then-Congressman Ron DeSantis was publicly grappling with a number of issues regarding race that had plagued his campaign.
In one incident, DeSantis came under fire for a public comment he made ahead of the election in which he urged Florida voters not to "monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda" which drew a strong rebuke from his African American opponent, Democratic Andrew Gillum.
DeSantis pushed back at the time, saying the comment had "zero to do with race."
Now, video footage exclusively obtained by ABC News of the DeSantis team s mock debate sessions during that 2018 run for governor show him and his advisers candidly discussing how to handle their response to the "monkey" comment backlash with DeSantis comparing the issue to a "a mini version of Kavanaugh," an apparent reference to the firestorm that arose ....
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