DeSantis: ‘Monkey This Up’ Comment Had ‘Nothing To Do With Race’

Florida Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis said again that his “monkey this up” comment had nothing to do with race.

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  1. He is following the process.

    1. Make offensive racist statement to let the deps. know you are one of them.
    2. Say you were joking, or that it wasn’t racist, to keep surburban racist careerists in the tent.
  2. Avatar for tom_c tom_c says:

    Sorry, Rep. DeSantis: “Monkey this up” is not a thing. It has never been a thing.
    The only reason you would ever say “Monkey this up” is if your sweaty little brain is screaming “Say ‘monkey!’ Say ‘monkey!’ SAY ‘MONKEY!’ AAAUGHH!”

  3. I grew up in the deep south and I have never once heard the phrase “Monkey this up.” The expression is “don’t muck this up.” DeSantis must have be special kind of racist to muck up the expression like this. He even hesitated while saying it so seems to me he consciously chucked it out there. Either that or he was thinking “must not say ‘monkey’” so intently that it spilled out into the open anyhow.

    Either way, he’s a racist blowhard and it shows.

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