Florida Governor Ron Desantis booed at vigil as hundreds mourn more racist killings

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Source: Associated Press

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Florida Governor Ron Desantis booed at vigil as hundreds mourn more racist killings

White shooter kills 3 Black people in Florida hate crime

BY AARON MORRISON AND RUSS BYNUM
Updated 10:54 PM EDT, August 27, 2023

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — 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.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/deadly-shooting-florida-store-race-washington-king-51edd341db7fe2374cb69970840ef76f

[Mawspam2]

2. He went there to gloat.

Eff that guy.

[mwb970]

3. What a horrible person DeSantis is.

[Skittles]

4. HE is the cowardly scumbag

it's all projection with these gun humping, racist repukes

[Deminpenn]

9. +1

I was waiting for one of the vigil speakers to point that out.

[claudette]

5. Will this

atrocity be taught in schools? It should be taught as the result of this governor’s blatant racist policies

[70sEraVet]

6. If taught, it will have to include the 'fact' that the victims derived some benefit from being shot.

[2naSalit]

7. +1

[BigmanPigman]

8. Has Randy Rainbow done a "Whiny little bitch" parody for Deathsantis yet?

If not, then he should consider it. That fits him perfectly.

[Best_man23]

10. Surprised Gubner Noun/Verb & Woke even made the time for an appearance

After all, there are lots of Corn Shucking Festivals in Iowa that he's missing and plenty of Slurpee drinking kids he needs to fat shame in New Hampshire.

If I was the Mayor of Jacksonville, I would have told him not to come because he's not prepared to lift a single finger to do anything about the laws and political climate that helped set that shooter in motion.

[TeamProg]

11. K&R Thanks for posting. n/t

[mitch96]

12. Ron Desantis (aka piss boy) got booed...... as he should be... nt

[Bayard]

13. Righteously

I guess its too much too think he would be ashamed to show his face there. Probably thinks of it as a campaign stop.

[mitch96]

14. He is a politician. He is pandering for votes when ever he can even though he does not give

two shits for the people effected. Don't listen to what he says, watch what he does..
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[BlueWavePsych]

15. Kick

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

16. He hasn't figured out that decent people

Hate his guts.

But he's a Vogon. What more can one expect from him than sadistic callowness?

[Mysterian]

17. Evil, fascist dictator wannabe who foments hate against minorities

haz a sadz when he gets booed at the site of the result of his hatemongering.

[Cha]

18. TY & the Protestors

[LetMyPeopleVote]

19. The reception Ron receives in his home state makes it clear - it's time to call it quits.

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