• Ex gov. Sonny Perdue: "Florida governor's race is so cotton-pickin' important"
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https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2018/11/03/at-desantis-rally-perdue-says-florida-governors-race-so-cotton-picking-important-681194 TALLAHASSEE — During a Saturday rally for Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis, President Donald Trump’s top agriculture official used the term “cotton-pickin'” to describe the importance of Florida’s gubernatorial race, which also features Democrat Andrew Gillum, who is running to be Florida's first black governor. “Public policy matters. Leadership matters,” said Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said at a Lakeland rally, according to audio provided by American Bridge. “And that is why this election is so cotton-pickin' important to the state of Florida. I hope you all don’t mess it up.” Perdue is a former governor of Georgia. “You would have to ask Governor Perdue about any of his remarks,” Stephen Lawson, a spokesman for DeSantis’ campaign, said by email. “We were happy to have him in Polk County campaigning with us.“ The phrase “cotton-pickin‘” bedeviled another Trump Republican earlier this year when the president’s former deputy campaign manager, David Bossie, apologized in June for telling a black guest on Fox News, “You’re out of your cotton-pickin' mind.” Before Bossie could apologize, program host Ed Henry called the phrase “deeply offensive and wholly inappropriate.” From the start of the general election, race has played a dominating factor in Florida’s nationally-watched governor‘s race. The day after the Aug. 28 primary election, on a different Fox show, DeSantis called Gillum “articulate” and said voters shouldn’t “monkey this up” by electing him. Like Bossie, DeSantis was rebuked on air by a Fox News personality, but the former three-term congressman, who is white, refused to apologize because he said he did nothing wrong and his comment was not about race. During an Oct. 21 debate, Gillum directly addressed the “monkey this up” remark in a racial context after the moderator asked DeSantis about the comments. DeSantis has fiercely pushed back against any accusations he is racist, offering up his time as a Navy JAG officer as evidence. “When I was down-range in Iraq, we worked as a team regardless of race,” DeSantis said during the second and final gubernatorial debate on Oct. 24. The moderator at that debate asked DeSantis about the fact he has spoken at conferences organized by conservative David Horowitz, who has in the past sparked controversy for statements like “the country’s only serious race war is against whites.” “How the hell am I supposed to know every single statement someone makes?” DeSantis said. “I’m not going to bow down to the altar of political correctness, I’m not going to let the media smear me.” Gillum’s response drew loud reaction from the audience, and later went viral. “I’m not calling Mr. DeSantis a racist,” Gillum said. “I’m saying the racists believe he’s a racist.”
“I’m not calling Mr. DeSantis a racist,” Gillum said. “I’m saying the racists believe he’s a racist.” https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/563/0810555e-d5b3-4147-963f-a15b6d00f073/image.png
“How the hell am I supposed to know every single statement someone makes?” DeSantis said. “I’m not going to bow down to the altar of political correctness, I’m not going to let the media smear me.” WEEEEEEELLLLL You could try running on the issues instead of ad hominem attacks on various groups of people.
What policies? His platform is basically, "I suck Trump's dick".
God I hope Dems win in Florida, it's always decided by one percentage point.
if the disenfranchisement issue passes that's something like 300,000 democrat leaning voters added to the rolls even at 20% turnout, that's why they are so damn worried about it
If there is one thing about the new, uber-relaxed rules I can get behind, it's that you can post image macros and memes within reasonable discretion. Sometimes something is just so fucking stupid it doesn't deserve a single word.
Voted straight D last week
The Trump presidency has traded the dogwhistles in for megaphones.
If anything comes out of this horrible political climate it'd be all the disgusting racists revealing their true motives. Now we all know who not to vote for.
A man on Fox News told a black man he's out of his cotton picking mind to his face
I'd say he's an idiot but he's on Fox News so that'd just be pointing out the elephant in the room.
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