What has the country become? Is the division going to become deeper? Or is this just all a part of 'politics as usual'? Disgustingly Racist Robocall Goes Out Against Andrew Gillum In Florida A neo-Nazi group in Idaho is behind the calls, and it’s gone after the Democratic Florida gubernatorial candidate before. By Amanda Terkel A white supremacist website in Idaho is sending out an extremely racist robocall against Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum. Voters in Florida received the robocall on Tuesday, and HuffPost obtained audio of the recording. Speaking in an exaggerated minstrel dialect, an actor pretends to be Gillum, saying: “Well hello there. I is the Negro Andrew Gillum, and I be asking you to make me governor of this here state of Florida.” Minstrel music plays in the background, and a monkey screeches occasionally to refer to Gillum, who is the mayor of Tallahassee. The ad says Gillum’s health care plan will be quite cheap, because he’ll just give chicken feet to people as medicine. It talks about how Jewish people are going to vote for him, because Jews are “the ones that been putting Negroes in charge over the white folk, just like they done after the Civil War.” HuffPost reader Rusty Gordon noted that the music in the background of the ad appears to be from “Amos ‘n’ Andy,” the controversial ― and popular ― radio and television show that relied on racial stereotypes. At the end of the robocall, a disclaimer says it was paid for by The Road To Power, a white supremacist website and podcast based in Idaho that sent out a similar call against Gillum in August, when he was running in the Democratic primary. The group has been linked to racist robocalls in Virginia, Oregon, California, Idaho, Iowa and Pennsylvania. In early September, after the group’s earlier call, Gillum said he wants “to make sure that we don’t racialize, and, frankly, weaponize, race as a part of this process.” The Anti-Defamation League notes that Scott Rhodes, the man behind Road to Power, is a white supremacist who “achieved local notoriety in late 2017 when police linked him to the distribution of white supremacist propaganda at Sandpoint (Idaho) High School, harassment of a Sandpoint resident, and threatening, anti-Semitic calls that included recordings of Hitler.” “These disgusting, abhorrent robocalls represent a continuation of the ugliest, most divisive campaign in Florida’s history,” Geoff Burgan, a spokesman for Gillum, said Tuesday. “We would hope that these calls, and the dangerous people who are behind them, are not given any more attention than they already have been.” Gillum, who would be Florida’s first black governor if elected, has faced racist comments and dog whistles throughout his campaign. The morning after the primaries, Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) ― Gillum’s opponent ― went on TV and warned voters not to “monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda with huge tax increases and bankrupting the state.” “Our campaign has absolutely nothing to do with this robocall and joins those in condemning it,” DeSantis spokesman Stephen Lawson said Tuesday. “In fact, we would encourage the Gillum campaign to join us in rooting out and exposing once and for all those who are behind this disgusting call.”
I condemn racists - like this KKK-type group, and God/Jesus in Matt. 15:24.* *God/Jesus claimed he had only come to help one particular race (and said he would not help a poor woman - who was begging for his help) simply because she was of a different race. Don't be like Jesus or the KKK.
DeSantis did the right thing by strongly condemning this call. Sometimes Republicans don't condemn racism ENOUGH.
Ms Pants, not doubting your post. It is usually common courtesy to post a link. Cause you know, this could have come from the national enquirer or something like that.
So incredibly obviously that. Specifically crafted to enrage black voters and mislead them into thinking it came from the Republican Party or the DeSantis campaign.
This seems faked to me. No one with a single brain cell would be under the impression that this would do anything to help republicans in the state. Clearly this was designed by the left to help rile up his supporters even more. That or it’s just some troll group in it for the lols.
No problem. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/andrew-gillum-racist-robocall_us_5bcf47a2e4b055bc9485320d
Really, any obvious racism or open KKK/Nazi endorsement is a false flag. Its ridiculous to believe they are doing it to honestly promote a Republican. Democrat KKK members new to stay hidden most of the time. That was, and still is their secret club even back in the day that they wouldn't make public that they belonged to that group. KKK/Nazis are idiotic in their beliefs, but they still are smart enough, especially the leaders, to know their open endorsements have more of a negative connotation than a positive.
