Former DeSantis Classmate and Fellow Secret Society Member Says the Florida Governor Rolled His Eyes When She Spoke About Her Hispanic Background

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Ron DeSantis hasn’t made many Latino friends recently, after passing laws in his state penalizing companies that employ illegal aliens, banning them from getting ID cards and disallowing anyone to transport illegal aliens into or even around the state. Now a former colleague from a secret society DeSantis’ was part of at Yale called St. Elmo says his attitude towards that community is unsurprising. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.

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00:00 Ron DeSantis hasn't made many Latino friends recently, after passing laws in his state

00:04 penalizing companies that employ illegal aliens, banning illegal immigrants from getting ID

00:09 cards, and disallowing anyone to transport illegal aliens into or even around the state.

00:14 Now a former colleague from a secret society DeSantis was part of at Yale, called St. Elmo,

00:19 says his attitude towards that community is unsurprising.

00:23 The New York Times recently reported the secret society would hold weekly meetings where they

00:27 would discuss their personal histories.

00:29 Cristina Sosa Noriega, a member of that group, says when she told her story about being a

00:33 Hispanic girl growing up in Texas, DeSantis just rolled his eyes, telling the Times, quote,

00:39 "He seemed bored and disinterested.

00:41 It was like I wasn't worth listening to.

00:43 I had the feeling that he assumed that I didn't deserve to be there."

00:46 What's more, the report indicated that two other members of the society corroborated

00:50 the story.

00:51 A spokesperson for DeSantis has since denied the claims, saying it was absurd that anyone

00:55 could remember such a detail from decades ago.

00:58 Meanwhile the Florida governor has made no attempt to hide his attitudes towards minority

01:02 groups as a lawmaker.

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