DeSantis keeps failing the most basic test in politics: denouncing Nazis
August 01, 2023
Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign recently fired a staffer who reportedly either retweeted or made a video that included Nazi imagery superimposed onto the Florida governor’s face. Great. That’s a no-brainer. But where’s the denunciation — from a presidential candidate, no less — that surely should accompany that news? We’re still waiting. It doesn’t matter much whether the staffer, former National Review writer Nate Hochman, made the video, as Axios reported, or just retweeted it on the @desantiscams account. DeSantis’ campaign obviously had to expel anyone pushing something so abhorrent. I...