A week into the week that top Republicans lashed out at former President Donald Trump’s dinner with white supremacist Nick Fuentes and anti-Semitic rapper Kanye West (now known as Ye). At the end, Ron DeSantis was particularly silent.
As of Friday evening, DeSantis was not at the impressive conference, and two spokespeople were not reached for comment on Friday. Instead, DeSantis said she would appear on Fox News’ cable her host Tucker Carlson’s show, blast apple In regards to its activities in China, it attacked the Chinese Communist Party’s regime for its false claims about COVID-19 and its response to growing protests.
DeSantis’ silence might not have gotten as much attention had he not been seen as Trump’s main contender for the 2024 Republican nomination. His GOP leaders in Congress and former Vice President Mike Pence, among others, denounced this week’s dinner, stating: Anti-Semitism and racism don’t belong in the Republican Party.
And, especially with the incredible escalation from Ye, this issue is kept front and center. But DeSantis, who helped build his reputation by making regular appearances on national cable television and participating in national debates, like when he flew immigrants from Texas to Massachusetts, took the issue to the next level. You seem to be avoiding it.
Fuentes, a far-right media figure who rose to prominence during Trump’s tenure and has promoted racist theories that claim that minorities are replacing white Americans. Nodded to DeSantis While discussing dinner with Trump this week. But Fuentes said he would back Ye, his other dinner partner, for president.
Meanwhile, Ye spewed out more and more anti-Semitic attacks this week as the issue exploded in the news.
Ye’s growing radicalism prompted Republican social media staffers on the House Judiciary Committee to delete tweets praising Ye since October. like Hitler. ”
Shortly after praising Hitler, Ye tweeted an image of a swastika and was suspended from Twitter by new CEO Elon Musk.
