The Florida governor said attempts to make him disavow extremist demonstrations are an attempt to 'smear me as if I had something to do with it.'
Christina Pushaw, official spokeswoman for DeSantis, in a statement today about the criticism DeSantis has received over his response to the Nazi rallies, told:"The Democrats criticizing him dishonestly while ignoring the substantive points he made are proving his point: Performative outrage is all they have, because the facts are on the Governor's side."
"While we appreciate Governor Ron DeSantis referring the matter to law enforcement and vowing to hold the perpetrators responsible, dismissing violent neo-Nazis as just some 'jackasses' or attempting to use this as an opportunity to bash political opponents only serves to diminish the impact this hateful behavior has on the entire community," Greenblatt said.
Halie Soifer, CEO of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, tweeted:"Blatant hypocrisy and gaslighting here from Ron DeSantis, who refuses to acknowledge the extremism tolerated, amplified, and even embraced by his party at the highest level.
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