31 Aug 2023 7:57 am
DeSantis’ rhetoric sparked this guy’s rampage.Z09 » 30 Aug 2023, 6:23 pm » wrote: ↑ Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., referring to the Jacksonville shooter as a "scumbag" avoids the issue with mental health and White supremacy, MSNBC correspondent Trymaine Lee said on Tuesday.Appearing on "Andrea Mitchell Reports," Lee said why he took issue with DeSantis’ language as he addressed the racially motivated shooting that took the lives of three Black people."You know, for so many folks, the issue with that kind of language is it places the onus on one individual and the actions of one individual as opposed to a nationwide sickness of White supremacy in the country and the violence it fuels. As so long as he is a scumbag or as long as there's a mental health issue, you don't have to engage with the idea that there are, you know, co-conspirators online, co-conspirators who create legislation that divide and other people," Lee said.
MSNBC criticizes DeSantis calling Jacksonville shooter 'scumbag': 'Issue with that kind of language'Racially motivated shooter killed 3 Black people along with himself in a Dollar General store on Saturday.
DeSantis is a scumbag too.