Discussion: DeSantis: 'Absurd' To Say That Telling Voters Not To 'Monkey This Up' Is Racist

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I see that the GOP has given up on the “it was a joke” strategy and have gone straight to the “self-serving false indignation” opening gambit.

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It’s close to “apologies to anyone who was offended” but no cigar.

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Of course it’s not racist Bob, that’s disgusting. And I’d like to remind voters not to “Pick a ninny”

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Interesting that she has to say at the end that they don’t condone this language. That seems to be acknowledging that it is obviously racist. I assumed Fox would say it was leftists being hyper-sensitive.

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I have never in my life heard the phrase “monkey this up”. But no, it’s not racist.

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I wonder if there’s a way of analyzing DeSantis’ prior public communications to ascertain how often he’s used this ‘idiom’. I’ve never heard ‘monkey this up’ used as an equivalent for ‘blow it’, ‘screw it up’, ‘make a mistake’, etc.

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Wow. It’s amazing that DeSantis can’t see the racism here! Pretty clear indication that he’s one of the least racist people in politics.

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If it walks like a duck, and quacksracistidioms, it must be a trump republican.

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“That’s absurd. I just asked the voters not to renig as we did with Obama.”

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It most definitely was a racist dog whistle. Something that just recently came to my attention was an urban renewal project where i grew up that replaced an all-black business district with an interstate highway and a very large Montgomery Wards department store. Growing up, everyone in town referred to this store as Monkey Wards, and it was forever lost on me why, other than sounding vaguely like Montgomery. Now, however, knowing what this store replaced and the culture that was lost, it was racist, through and through.

Crackers? Anyone?

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Fuck you, you fucking chump. There is no denial here anyone is going to seriously entertain, so if you want to get into the vat of primordial racist stew, get off your knees and stand the fuck up.

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It’s foolish for monkey ass DeSantis to think he can ascertain whether he’s made a racist remark or not!

Apparently, he’s from the same dumb monkey tribe as his biggest GOP cheerleader, Trump!

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Neither have I, and I pay attention to these things for a living. Occasionally to “monkey around” is used for silly behavior, and more commonly to “monkey with” is to touch or use something without knowing what you’re doing. Never heard it for failure, mistake, screwing up etc. The idea was to say “monkey” while talking about a black man so all the racist dolts you’re trying to motivate know exactly who you are.

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Carl Rove said it best: “If you are explaining… you are losing”

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O/T but all 3 cable stations are showing Mcain’s service
What oh what is Trump going to watch

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Fox “News”; what else?

They lie, cheat, and steal. They invoke racial divisiveness. In Arizona, almost 50 percent of Republic voters voted for the vile, racist xenophobes, Joe Apraio and Kelli Ward. With only one of them, it might have been a close run thing. And McSally is no member of the enlightened.

November is going to be tough. We have to take two steps forward, just to get one step ahead.

I have no illusions.

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It’s on Fox too

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What’s absurd is to pretend he didn’t blow that whistle, especially since “monkey this up” was used in conjunction with “articulate” in a 30 second time span. Frankly, I’m surprised he didn’t slip “clean” in there as well.

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