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August 4, 2023

Ron DeSantis Increases Violent Rhetoric on Campaign Trail
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Florida Governor Ron De Santis is drawing fire for his increasingly
violent rhetoric on the campaign trail as he seeks the Republican
Party's nomination for president. On Sunday, De Santis told a crowd at a
New Hampshire campaign event that members of Mexican drug cartels at the
U.S.-Mexico border would be "shot stone cold dead." He also said this
about members of the federal bureaucracy.

Gov. Ron De Santis: "We're going to have all these deep state people.
You know, we're going to start slitting throats on day one."

On Thursday, the union representing men's professional basketball
players sounded the alarm over a $50,000 donation made by the Orlando
Magic to a super PAC supporting De Santis's campaign. The NBA Players
Association said in a statement, "The Magic's donation does not
represent player support for the recipient." The Orlando Magic is owned
by the De Vos family, prominent Republicans whose ranks include Betsy De
Vos, who served as education secretary under Donald Trump.


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