Ron DeSantis Booed At Vigil For Victims Of Jacksonville Shooting
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) was booed on Sunday at a vigil for the victims of Saturdayโs racist attack at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville.
Three people were killed in the shooting.
Footage from several angles shows the governor โ who is also running for president โ getting jeered by the crowd:
Jacksonville City Councilwoman JuโCoby Pittman asked the crowd to settle down and put political parties aside.
โIt ainโt about parties today,โ she said. โA bullet donโt know a party.โ
Critics called out DeSantis for making it easier to carry firearms in the state and for his divisive โanti-wokeโ policies.
โThis divide exists because of the ongoing disenfranchisement of Black people and a governor, who is really propelling himself forward through bigoted, racially motivated, misogynistic, xenophobic actions to throw red meat to a Republican base,โ Rudolph McKissick, senior pastor of the Bethel Church in Jacksonville, told the Associated Press.
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