Gillum to Trevor Noah: DeSantis has given 'too much harbor to racists and xenophobes and anti-Semite

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Gillum to Trevor Noah: DeSantis has given 'too much harbor to racists and xenophobes and anti-Semites'
By Aris Folley - 10/30/18 08:12 AM EDT

Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum (D) said late Tuesday that he believes his Republican opponent, former Rep. Ron DeSantis (Fla.), has given “too much harbor to racists and xenophobes and anti-Semites.”

“He’s spoken at conferences with them,” the Florida Democrat said when questioned by “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah about his opponent being dogged by allegations of racism.

“He authored a book justifying slavery,” Gillum added, apparently referring to DeSantis's book, which is titled “Dreams From Our Founding Fathers.”

“He, himself, when he became the Republican nominee, went on Fox News and said to the voters of Florida not to 'monkey' the state up,” Gillum continued. According to the Miami New Times, the Florida Republican argued in the 2011 book that it was unfair for the nation’s founding fathers to be blamed for permitting slavery in the U.S.

“Right, it was a phrase I never heard before,” Noah said in response.

“Well, of course we never heard it before. He tried to justify it,” Gillum said as Noah began to laugh. “But I mean ‘monkey around,’ right? ‘Monkey business.’ ‘Monkey it up.’ I mean this guy is Harvard and Yale-educated. He could come up with a better phrase.”

“He said exactly what he meant to say. He communicated exactly what he wanted to say to his voters, to his constituents, and then, when he got called on it, he tried to run from it,” Gillum said.

DeSantis’s has denied allegations of racism since the day after Florida's primary elections, when he said on Fox News that voters should not "monkey this up" by voting for Gillum.