Analysis: DeSantis is defending new slavery teachings. Civil rights leaders see a pattern of 'policy violence' (apnews.com)

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Civil rights activists cheered when Ron DeSantis pardoned four Black men wrongfully convicted of rape as one of his first actions as Florida’s governor. But four years later, as DeSantis eyes the presidency, their hope that the Republican would be an ally on racial justice has long faded.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

DeSantis has gotten more racist in the last year or so.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I honestly don't think you get more racist, you just go "mask off."

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