DeSantis Booed During Speech at Jacksonville Vigil Over White Supremacy Killings

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Recently tragedy struck in Jacksonville, Florida after a gunman targeted a black community killing 4 people. A vigil was held shortly after where Florida governor and Republican primary candidate, Ron DeSantis, made an appearance. Veuer’s Tony spitz has the details.

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00:00 Recently tragedy struck in Jacksonville, Florida, after a gunman targeted a black community,

00:05 killing four people.

00:06 A vigil was held shortly after, where Florida Governor and Republican primary candidate

00:11 Ron DeSantis made an appearance.

00:13 DeSantis has identified himself as being the anti-woke candidate, and famously said that

00:18 Florida is where "woke" goes to die.

00:20 "Woke" being of course the awareness of social and racial justice issues, and the importance

00:25 of identifying injustices in society.

00:28 DeSantis has also been a Second Amendment defender, with his state passing laws allowing

00:32 concealed carry without a permit earlier this year.

00:35 And that might be why during DeSantis' speech at the vigil, he was literally booed off the

00:40 microphone, with members of the crowd shouting "Do your job!" and "Jacksonville doesn't

00:44 want you!"

00:45 Videos of the event show the Florida Governor being cut off by those shouts, at which point

00:49 Jacksonville Councilwoman Jacoby Pittman took the mic and addressed the crowd, saying quote,

00:54 "Okay listen y'all, let me tell you.

00:56 We finna put parties aside cuz it ain't about parties today."

00:59 The Jacksonville gunman used two weapons that were legally obtained, according to police,

01:03 and left behind a manifesto detailing his extreme white supremacy.

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