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	Podcast:		Morning Joe
	Episode:		Off to the Racists: FL GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Makes Racially Insensitive Comment About Dem Opponent
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		01:28:52
	Publish Date:		2018-08-30 07:45:17
	Description:		The Republican candidate for Florida's governorship appeared on Fox News, yesterday, to kick-off his three month sprint for the office, and punctuated it with a racially insensitive comment about his Democratic opponent. GOP Primary winner Ron DeSantis, during the interview, attempted to court viewers and voters with the promise of a continuation of current-Governor Rick Scott's conservative agenda, and asserted that the state should not "monkey this up" by voting for his Democratic opponent, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, who is African-American. The DeSantis Campaign issued a statement, following the incident, saying, in part, "Ron DeSantis was obviously talking about Florida not making the wrong decision to embrace the socialist policies that Andrew Gillum espouses. To characterize it as anything else is absurd." Democratic Candidate Andrew Gillum also responded in a separate interview with Fox News, later in the day, saying that the racially-charged rhetoric that DeSantis is all-too-eager to utilize is "taking a page directly from the campaign manual of Donald Trump." Fox News, in turn, issued its own on-air apology for DeSantis's comment. DeSantis's already-vitriolic and racist rhetoric toward Gillum was predicted just two hours before his comment aired, by none other than our own Joe Scarborough, opining that "we need to be on-guard, as a nation...Donald Trump will make this a racial battle -- a racial, political war." Also making headlines, this morning: White House Counsel Don McGahn will be leaving his duties at the White House this fall. That, according to a tweet made yesterday by President Trump. The decision comes only weeks after McGahn spent 30 hours with Robert Mueller's team. According to the President's tweet, McGahn will, reportedly, remain at the White House until Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court decision has been made. And, President Trump continues to tout his Administration's response to Hurricane Maria which, according to the latest figures, has left over 2,900 people dead in Puerto Rico -- upwards of 1,000 more fatalities than from Hurricane Katrina. Puerto Rico, earlier this month, finally achieved 100% electricity distribution after nearly a year of damage repair. It's Thursday, August 30, 2018. Welcome to Morning Joe.
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