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Florida Congressman and gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis is getting fried on Twitter and rightfully so after he hopped on Fox News and said that voters shouldn’t “monkey this up” by electing his Black rival. Despite claims from his camp that it’s a phrase he uses all the time and not with the heavy racial component suggested, Rep. DeSantis’ on-air goof isn’t going over well.
“The last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda with huge tax increases and bankrupting the state,” DeSantis said. “That’s not going to work, that’s not going to be good for Florida.”
Orange Bozo and, unfortunately, our President of the United States Donald Trump tweeted in supportive glee for DeSantis.
“Not only did Congressman Ron DeSantis easily win the Republican Primary, but his opponent in November is his biggest dream….a failed Socialist Mayor named Andrew Gillum who has allowed crime & many other problems to flourish in his city. This is not what Florida wants or needs,” Trump fixed those struggle fingers to type.
Well, Twitter is lighting that DeSantis up and we’re here for it. Check out the best responses below.
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Twitter Gets GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis TF Out The Paint For Racist “Monkey” Jab was originally published on hiphopwired.com
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Twitter Gets GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis TF Out The Paint For Racist “Monkey” Jab was originally published on hiphopwired.com
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Twitter Gets GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis TF Out The Paint For Racist “Monkey” Jab was originally published on hiphopwired.com
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Ain’t no way around it, monkey is a terrible word to use towards a Black person. Ask Roseanne Barr.
Twitter Gets GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis TF Out The Paint For Racist “Monkey” Jab was originally published on hiphopwired.com
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Twitter Gets GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis TF Out The Paint For Racist “Monkey” Jab was originally published on hiphopwired.com
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Twitter Gets GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis TF Out The Paint For Racist “Monkey” Jab was originally published on hiphopwired.com
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We ALL knew.
Twitter Gets GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis TF Out The Paint For Racist “Monkey” Jab was originally published on hiphopwired.com
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Twitter Gets GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis TF Out The Paint For Racist “Monkey” Jab was originally published on hiphopwired.com
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Quality tweet.
Twitter Gets GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis TF Out The Paint For Racist “Monkey” Jab was originally published on hiphopwired.com
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The military bros noticed that DeSantis jacked up his momentum.
Twitter Gets GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis TF Out The Paint For Racist “Monkey” Jab was originally published on hiphopwired.com
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Pardon the F bomb.
Twitter Gets GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis TF Out The Paint For Racist “Monkey” Jab was originally published on hiphopwired.com
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Couldn’t agree more.
Twitter Gets GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis TF Out The Paint For Racist “Monkey” Jab was originally published on hiphopwired.com
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Trump shined his boots this morning, so this is correct.
Twitter Gets GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis TF Out The Paint For Racist “Monkey” Jab was originally published on hiphopwired.com
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Twitter Gets GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis TF Out The Paint For Racist “Monkey” Jab was originally published on hiphopwired.com
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Hey, we didn’t have to say it.
Twitter Gets GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis TF Out The Paint For Racist “Monkey” Jab was originally published on hiphopwired.com
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Twitter Gets GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis TF Out The Paint For Racist “Monkey” Jab was originally published on hiphopwired.com
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Oh this is getting spicy.
Twitter Gets GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis TF Out The Paint For Racist “Monkey” Jab was originally published on hiphopwired.com
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DeSantis doing Gillum a favor or nah?
Twitter Gets GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis TF Out The Paint For Racist “Monkey” Jab was originally published on hiphopwired.com
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Yeah, there’s no other way to word this.
Twitter Gets GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ron DeSantis TF Out The Paint For Racist “Monkey” Jab was originally published on hiphopwired.com
