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Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 06:03 PM Aug 2018

DeSantis Moderates Hate Facebook Group That Attacks African-Americans, Parkland Survivors, Muslims

Ron DeSantis, the Trump-endorsed congressman who won Tuesday’s GOP primary for Florida governor, is an administrator on an active Facebook group where conservatives share racist, conspiratorial and incendiary posts about a litany of targets, including black Americans and South Africans, the “deep state,” survivors of February’s massacre at a Florida high school, immigrants, Muslims and, in recent days, John McCain.

DeSantis was listed as one of the group’s 52 administrators and moderators as of Wednesday. His involvement in the group was first noted by a researcher for Media Matters for America on Tuesday.

DeSantis’s campaign was already defending the congressman from accusations of racial insensitivity after his primary victory.

In an interview with Fox News on Wednesday morning, DeSantis warned voters not to “monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist” by supporting his opponent, Andrew Gillum, the Tallahassee mayor who became Florida’s first black gubernatorial candidate from either party when he won the Democratic nomination Tuesday.

https://american-ledger.com/accountability/desantis-moderates-hate-filled-facebook-group-that-attacks-african-americans-parkland-survivors-and-muslims/

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DeSantis Moderates Hate Facebook Group That Attacks African-Americans, Parkland Survivors, Muslims (Original Post) Mrs. Overall Aug 2018 OP
The male version Failin' Palin gohuskies Aug 2018 #1
De Santis rso Aug 2018 #2
Don't know much about Gillum, but BootinUp Aug 2018 #3
but desantis is also far worse than mccain and romney JI7 Aug 2018 #4
Welcome to TrumpWorld! octoberlib Aug 2018 #5
I went there and reported several posts as hate speech. Lint Head Aug 2018 #6
KR Cha Aug 2018 #7
I don't use Facebook. Are there any racist posts linked directly to him? Garrett78 Aug 2018 #8
They need 52 moderators for that? Initech Aug 2018 #9

gohuskies

(1,156 posts)
1. The male version Failin' Palin
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 06:16 PM
Aug 2018

The garbage spewed by this cretin is unacceptable. Hope Mayor Gillum kicks his ass although I don’t know if Florida is capable of electing a decent dem especially a minority to hold the governorship. I hope I am wrong about this.

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
6. I went there and reported several posts as hate speech.
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 06:59 PM
Aug 2018

Anyone here can do the same thing. It would be nice to have this group taken down and in this environment of Facebook removing fake news it can be done.

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
8. I don't use Facebook. Are there any racist posts linked directly to him?
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 07:19 PM
Aug 2018

Has he liked any racist posts or comments?

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