Ron DeSantis' Spox Claims Candidate 'Was Completely Unaware' He Managed Racist Facebook Group

[DonViejo]

by Caleb Ecarma | Aug 31st, 2018, 11:55 am

A spokesperson for Congressman Ron DeSantis’ gubernatorial campaign released a statement defending the lawmaker’s role as an administrator of a Facebook group filled with racists and conspiracy theorists, claiming that he did not know that he was part of the page.

“The Congressman was completely unaware that he was part of the Facebook group, which he was added to without his knowledge or consent. As soon as he found out about it, he immediately deleted it,” DeSantis’ spokes Stephen Lawson said in a statement.

He continued: “The real story here is that the Democrats are desperate to talk about anything other than real issues that matter to Floridians. They’re doing anything and everything to try to distract from the failed, corrupt, socialist record of their candidate, Andrew Gillum, but Floridians won’t buy it come November.”

The Facebook group, which was first uncovered by a Media Matters researcher, featured content ranging from users comparing Parkland high school shooting victims to Adolf Hitler, to others saying that Muslims worship a religion focused on “pedophilia, sex slavery, rape gangs, and honor killings.” Other posts claimed that last year’s Charlottesville, Virginia white supremacist rally was secretly “orchestrated by the left.”

According to the Tampa Bay Times, the Republican lawmaker’s wife Casey DeSantis was still a member of the group as of Thursday.

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[NCTraveler]

1. His racism is directly related to Florida politics and issues.

“The real story here is that the Democrats are desperate to talk about anything other than real issues that matter to Floridians. They’re doing anything and everything to try to distract from the failed, corrupt, socialist record of their candidate, Andrew Gillum, but Floridians won’t buy it come November.”

[lark]

2. Russian Repug 100% racist liar

DeSantis is craven & despicable. Faux Snooze should be sued because they provided him with about $900,000 of free personal advertising. At least that's what I read was the value of the time they spent burnishing his credentials.

[gratuitous]

3. Additional news release from DeSantis' campaign

Congressman DeSantis is completely unaware of where that white robe and hood came from or why it's hanging in his closet. There must have been a mix-up at the dry cleaners.

[Solly Mack]

4. Of course. He was just surfing along and accidentally tripped into the racist website.

Where he accidentally signed up and joined and , somehow, accidentally became an administrator.

Sounds like a pedophile caught with child porn on their computer.

[OnDoutside]

5. I checked there myself and discovered I was managing 25 racist facebook groups ... who knew ?

[malaise]

6. Oh My

They only want to be racist in secret. Ah well - caught again.

[padfun]

7. Actually, whether or not you are a white supremecist IS an issue!

Stop the misdirectioin!