With just two weeks to go until Florida officially elects the state’s next governor, the two men fighting for the job remaining in a close battle heading into the homestretch according to the latest poll. In a Quinnipiac University poll released on Tuesday, Democratic nominee and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum holds a slight lead over former U.S. Rep. and GOP nominee Ron DeSantis. 52 percent of those polled said they would vote for Gillum if the election was held today while 46 percent said they would support DeSantis with two percent remaining undecided. The poll was conducted last week with 1,161 Florida residents surveyed and a margin of error of +/- 3.5 percent – with 95 percent of voters saying their mind is made up at this point. Gillum, who is seeking to become the first black governor in Florida history, holds strong leads over DeSantis among minority voters – including 99 percent of black voters surveyed and 59 percent among Hispanics while also leading by … [Read more...] about Latest Poll Has Andrew Gillum With Slight Lead Over Ron DeSantis in Tight Race for Florida Governor
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Andrew Gillum Stomped Ron DeSantis in Sunday Night’s CNN Debate
The most telling moment of the Andrew Gillum-Ron DeSantis Florida gubernatorial debate on CNN Sunday night came when moderator Jake Tapper broached the subject of DeSantis' racist comments and actions during the campaign. "[DeSantis] has only continued... to bring attention to the color of my skin," Gillum said. "I have been black all my life." Then the crowd laughed before the candidate finished. "The only color the people of Florida care about is the blue-green algae coming out of the east and west of this state."The second most telling, and certainly the funniest, comment came after DeSantis alleged Gillum has called for the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and a weakening of immigration rules, a statement Politifact Florida has rated half true. DeSantis called Gillum's position: "A wet kiss to the drug cartels." A what? Sunday night's debate was a raucous affair. The candidates often interrupted each other, exaggerated each other's records, and played to their … [Read more...] about Andrew Gillum Stomped Ron DeSantis in Sunday Night’s CNN Debate
Florida governor candidate Ron DeSantis carved aggressive path from Dunedin to D.C.
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Betsy DeVos’ Family Gave $200,000 to Ron DeSantis’ PAC
The collection of ultrarich vampire people known as the DeVos clan has risen again from its dank cellar to put its collective thumb on the scale of Florida's gubernatorial race. According to political action committee records, four members of the DeVos clan, including Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' husband, Richard M. DeVos Jr., donated a total of $200,000 to the Friends of Ron DeSantis PAC October 11.The Michigan-based DeVos family is famous for pouring truly obscene amounts of wealth into the U.S. political system in favor of far-right candidates and causes. The family patriarch, Richard M. DeVos Sr., who died last month, founded Amway, a home and health multilevel marketing company that is frequently accused of being a legalized pyramid scheme. But if it was a con, the elder DeVos got away with it and became a billionaire, then repaid America by bankrolling the Republican Party. In 1991, DeVos bought the NBA's Orlando Magic, one of the absolute saddest and bleakest … [Read more...] about Betsy DeVos’ Family Gave $200,000 to Ron DeSantis’ PAC
Ron DeSantis Rose Trafficking In Racist, Islamophobic Conspiracy Theories
POLITICS 10/16/2018 03:34 pm ET He has defended the Three-Fifths Compromise around slavery and said ISIS may be recruiting from Black Lives Matter. By Amanda Terkel The morning after Florida’s primaries, Rep. Ron DeSantis ― the state’s newly chosen GOP candidate for governor ― went on national television and used a racist dog-whistle to comment on his opponent. “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 of his Democratic challenger, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, who is black. The comment shouldn’t have been that surprising. DeSantis tried to be the most pro-Trump candidate in the GOP primary, even running an ad about how he teaches his kids to love everything about Donald Trump, and the president has used plenty of his own racist dog-whistles. But beyond his embrace of the president, DeSantis has … [Read more...] about Ron DeSantis Rose Trafficking In Racist, Islamophobic Conspiracy Theories