MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA - JANUARY 06: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference about the opening of a COVID-19 vaccination site at the Hard Rock Stadium on January 06, 2021 in Miami Gardens, Florida. The governor announced that the stadium's parking lot which offers COVID-19 tests will begin to offer COVID-19 vaccinations for residents 65 and older to drive up and get vaccinated. The vaccination site opened today for a trial run but it was not known when it will be open to the general public. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Neo-Nazi gatherings in Orlando over the weekend sparked outrage around the country.
A group of protestors walked around the North Alafaya Trail chanting anti-semitic slogans and waving swastika flags before being scattered by law enforcement.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ press secretary, Christina Pushaw, suggested the neo-Nazi group was a Democrat ploy.
“Do we even know if they are Nazis? Or is this a stunt like the ‘white nationalists’ who crashed the Youngkin rally in Charlottesville pretending to be Dem staffers?” Pushaw tweeted, referencing The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump Republican group’s, stunt last year.
Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter!
A week of political news in your in-box.
We find the news you need to know, so you don't have to.
She later deleted the tweet and apologized for her “flippant” tone.
DeSantis was notably silent until a press conference on Monday. When asked to comment on her comments, he agreed that Democrat interference should not be ruled out.
“So what I’m going to say is these people, these Democrats who are trying to use this as some type of political issue to try to smear me as if I had something to with do that, we’re not playing their game,” DeSantis said.
He went on to add that the state supports “Orthodox Jews” and will continue to support them.
“Some jackasses doing this on the street … First of all, state law enforcement is going to hold them accountable because they were doing stuff on the overpass, so they are absolutely going to be doing that and they should do that,” DeSantis added.
The Orange County sheriff, John Mina, said that his office will be investigating the gatherings.
“This hatred has no place in our society. Any reports of criminal activities will be thoroughly investigated,” he said.
President Donald Trump responded forcefully to a Wall Street Journal article about a message he…
The Supreme Court will consider hearing a case this fall to overturn the landmark decision…
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Monday that Australia will officially recognize a Palestinian state…
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet in a summit…
After former Vice President Kamala Harris, who was California's attorney general from 2011 to 2017…
Texas is currently the focus of the national redistricting battle, but Florida may soon join…