Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at prayer vigils and in church, in frustration and exhaustion, to mourn yet another racist attack in America: this one the killing of three Black people in Florida at the hands of a white, 21-year-old man who authorities say left behind white supremacist ramblings that read like “the diary of a madman.”
Following services earlier in the day, about 200 people showed up at a Sunday evening vigil a block from the Dollar General store in Jacksonville where officials said Ryan Palmeter opened fire Saturday using guns he bought legally despite a past involuntary commitment for a mental health exam.
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis — who is running for the GOP nomination for president, who has loosened gun laws in Florida and who has antagonized civil rights leaders by deriding “wokeness " — was loudly booed as he addressed the vigil.
I also have no sympathy for him getting targeted for this, when all he had to do, after one of these attacks, is denounce the white supremacy that has taken root in Florida.
Just one little press speech: "I do not condone white supremacy in my state and they will find no safe harbor here."
He reaps what he sows.
He fired the guy who posted the video, isn't that what you want? Is there any proof this guy was hired with the campaign aware of ties to Naziism?
Whats the old saying, "if it walks like a goose and it talks like a goose, then its a nazi?"
And even if DeShithead aint a nazi himself, well im of the opinion he deserves to be dehydrated and forced to walk across the mojave during peak summer for his actions at gitmo. So I dont really care what his ideology is.
"We are not going to let people be targeted based on their race.”
(Except by elected leaders and the laws they pass. Also they'll be targeting people based on gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, party affiliation, or anything they determine to be "woke" or "socialist")
Just like all freedom-loving Americans
That’s probably code for “We won’t let this be classified a hate crime. Stop targeting white people with your wokeness”
I hate this fucking timeline.
He's a politician, that's why
Nah, you're replying to a sealioner
Block and move on
That's a new term I didn't know. Thanks!
He fired the guy who made the video, it clearly wasn't something the campaign asked to be made.
Ramaswamy is starting to give him a run for his money now though.
Till he told them what they wanted to hear.
Yeah but soon you won't even notice his skin color when there will be leopards all over his face.
Along with every other POS Republican^1 in office.
1 ...but I am being redundant.
A video of a crowd throwing meatballs at Ron DeSantis would be the funniest shit.
Would beyond meatballs make you happy or is there some other greater cause you'd upstream from that action in the name of virtue signaling?
That horse you're on is so high that it died of hypoxia. How do you sleep at night killing innocent horses in this way?
Ok PETA
I'm a vegetarian, but I don't go pulling this shit. Please. Stop.
No no, these lone wolves all exist in a vacuum and spring fully formed like Athena from the head of economic anxiety. Stop it, you.
Release them both. Unlike the sycophants choking on Trumpler's dick, I'm quite able to declare anyone who perpetrates a hate-fueled crime as scum undeserving of pity or dignity.
The issue folks like you don't want to confront is that for every Aiden Hale, there are hundreds of right-wing assholes shooting up gay clubs, synagogues, and entire Black communities. Take your whataboutism someplace where folks are stupid enough to mistake it for any kind of substantive argument.
You know in cop shows, and probably real life, the cops watch the crowds at funerals and press conferences and all that because serial offenders will often show up? I feel like DeSantis is the offender here inserting himself where he isn't wanted or welcome just to scope out the carnage. It's gross.
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Frankly I'm shocked DeSantis ever thought showing up to this could possibly go well for him. If anything I'd expect that shitbird to speak at the killer's funeral.
Oof. I misunderstood the title and thought Desantis went to the vigil and booed at the people there. Can't say it would've been out of character. As for the actual story, Florida deserves better leaders. Huge respect for the people there fighting for change.
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