Florida GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis Spoke to Anti-Muslim Hate Group

[DonViejo]

Ron DeSantis wants to be just like Donald Trump. He’s off to a great start—he spoke to a group whose leader thinks Muslims ‘can’t be loyal citizens’ of the United States.

Dean Obeidallah
09.20.18 5:22 AM ET

Ron DeSantis desperately wants you to know he plans to be the Donald Trump of the Sunshine State.

The Florida GOP gubernatorial nominee even released a campaign ad in July that featured his wife declaring, “People say Ron is all Trump, but he’s so much more,” as we saw DeSantis and his daughter playing with building blocks and DeSantis encouraging her to “build the wall!” It’s always touching to see a father teach his daughter to fear immigrants so much that he’s convincing her that we need to build a massive monument to white supremacy on our Southern border.

Now, I’m not sure if DeSantis is “so much more” than Trump as his ad claims. After all, Trump is a colossal figure who has truly perfected using bigotry to help himself politically while supporting men who abuse women, from former aide Rob Porter to Bill O’Reilly. But we can safely say that DeSantis, like Trump, loves to pal around with the most vile anti-Muslim bigots in America.

As was reported on Monday, just a few months before DeSantis formally announced his candidacy for governor, the then member of Congress attended and spoke at an event organized by the nation’s most vile anti Muslim group: ACT For America. To Muslim Americans like myself, this organization is akin to neo-Nazis who seek to demonize and marginalize blacks and Jews. But in the case of ACT, they target Muslims.

So what is ACT about? Its leader, Brigitte Gabriel, has made it clear that every Muslim in America is a threat with her infamous remark that Muslims “cannot be loyal citizens of the United States.” The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has stated point blank that ACT “is the largest anti-Muslim group in the United States.”

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[FM123]

1. He fell out of trumpy's favor after refusing to agree with his Puerto Rico remarks....

so I guess he is trying to get back into trumpy's good graces before the election. What a piece of garbage. Both of them!

[get the red out]

2. DeSantis is sickening

Membership in this ACT group prevents a person from being a good American, Nazis are NOT good Americans. Speaking to them is disgusting.