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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Sun Sep 2, 2018, 08:35 AM Sep 2018

DeSantis Slams Gillum as Far-Left Candidate

September 2, 2018 at 7:24 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 15 Comments

Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is going after his Florida gubernatorial rival Andrew Gillum (D)as the GOP congressman seeks to move on from controversy surrounding a racially-charged remark made last week, The Hill reports.

Said DeSantis: “This Andrew Gillum, he’s on the far-left socialist fringe. He’s a Bernie Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez type candidate.”

He added: “If you have a guy like this enacting a socialist agenda it’s going to absolutely destroy all the progress that Florida has made. He wants to turn Florida in to Venezuela.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2018/09/02/desantis-slams-gillum-as-far-left-candidate/

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DeSantis Slams Gillum as Far-Left Candidate (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2018 OP

Well yeah, if you also want to consider FDR, Truman, JFK, and Johnson as "far left". no_hypocrisy Sep 2018 #1

DeSantis is a Trump fascist HopeAgain Sep 2018 #2

I'm wondering, as a Floridian, what progress he's talking about..n/t monmouth4 Sep 2018 #3

as a fellow Floridian, I'm wondering the same thing.... FM123 Sep 2018 #4

Count me in. Go Gillum! OrlandoDem2 Sep 2018 #6

when confronted by a fool doing the far left he is a socialist thing... dembotoz Sep 2018 #5

Typical branding, Gillum must make election about saving Florida beachbum bob Sep 2018 #7

Yep, open up his voting record in Congress. peekaloo Sep 2018 #8

So Gillum needs to slam this racist radical wing fucknut even HARDER! MUCH harder! LBM20 Sep 2018 #9

no_hypocrisy

(46,122 posts)

1. Well yeah, if you also want to consider FDR, Truman, JFK, and Johnson as "far left".

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 08:43 AM

Sep 2018

HopeAgain

(4,407 posts)

2. DeSantis is a Trump fascist

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 08:48 AM

Sep 2018

Every comment about socialism should be responded to with a comment about fascism.

monmouth4

(9,708 posts)

3. I'm wondering, as a Floridian, what progress he's talking about..n/t

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 08:54 AM

Sep 2018

FM123

(10,053 posts)

4. as a fellow Floridian, I'm wondering the same thing....

Reply to monmouth4 (Reply #3)

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 08:56 AM

Sep 2018

OrlandoDem2

(2,065 posts)

6. Count me in. Go Gillum!

Reply to FM123 (Reply #4)

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 08:58 AM

Sep 2018

dembotoz

(16,808 posts)

5. when confronted by a fool doing the far left he is a socialist thing...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 08:57 AM

Sep 2018

i lookem in the eye and kinda sneer...he isn't far left....I am far left...He is no where near far left....

interchange far left with the word socialist...and make the sneer more intense...

works for me

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)

7. Typical branding, Gillum must make election about saving Florida

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 08:58 AM

Sep 2018

from social security and Medicare cuts to the environment. Make DeSantis defend national policies of open oil drilling off the coast to kicking grandma out of the nursing home

peekaloo

(22,977 posts)

8. Yep, open up his voting record in Congress.

Reply to beachbum bob (Reply #7)

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 09:37 AM

Sep 2018

look how he's "protected" social security.

The older Reptiles in our state "have theirs" so they always vote against their best interest(s).

Plain as day we need a strong turnout across the board to slap this weasel silly.

LBM20

(1,580 posts)

9. So Gillum needs to slam this racist radical wing fucknut even HARDER! MUCH harder!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 09:58 AM

Sep 2018

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