Friends. That little exclusive became sort of a campaign hallmark. Desantis built his illfated president ial candidacy on turning his state into a maga wonderland. A year later desantis signed the socalled stop woke act, a law that essentially banned the teaching of race and racism in the state of florida if it made white people uncomfortable. Governor desantis came up with the idea slavery benefitted enslaved people, doubling down that suggested slavery was sort of a skilled training program. He signed the dont say gay bill which banned any teaching about Homo Sexuality or Gender Identity in florida public schools. And allthis was supposed to transform florida into a conservative utaupe you that would put Desantis On The Path as the next president of the united states. It was highlighted in speeches and even broadcast live on fox news. All of it except for one thing. There was one agenda item that was so toxic, so unpopular with so many people including republicans that Governor Desan
Do you remember this moment in may of 2021. Whats going to be different about floridas election in 2022 . What are you about to sign . So right now i have what we think is the strongest Election Integrity measures in the country. Ill sign it right here. It will take effect. So the bill is signed. Governor ron desantis nearly three years ago signing floridas Voter Suppression bill and doing it live on fox and friends. That little exclusive became a campaign hallmark. Desantis built it on turning his state into a maga wonderland. A year later desantis signed the stop woke act, banning the study of race if it made white people uncomfortable. Governor desantis said slavery benefited people. And suggesting slavery was sort of a skills training program. He signed the dont say gay bill, which banned any teaching about homosexuality or Gender Identity in florida public schools. And all of this was suppose to transform florida into a Conservative Utopia that then would put ron desantis directly
Prompted seven Southern States to secede and form the confederacy and the second in 2020 with donald trump. In the modern era the transition would begin with a Concession Speech on election night, often characterized as gracious. A stark difference from what happened three years ago. One of the great features of america is that we have political contests, that they are very hard fought, as this one is hard fought, and once the decision is made we unite behind the man who was elected. This is a fraud on the american public. This is an embarrassment to our country. I have no bitterness, no rancor at all. I say to the president as a thorough politician that he did a wonderful job. We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win this election. We did win this election. I have lost. Mr. Nixon has won. The Democratic Process has worked its will, so now lets get on with the urgent path of uniting our country. And this is a very big moment. This is a major fraud on our nation.
derek black, welcome to hardtalk. your book is called the klansman s son, and your family as a whole were close to david duke, who s one of the most notorious ku klux klan leaders. the anti defamation league has called him perhaps america s best known racist and anti semite. describe for us first the home and the environment in which you grew up, in florida in the 1990s. right, thanks for having me. i grew up in a place that i think often doesn t look like what most people expect. it was relatively urban. it was in south florida, it was very racially diverse. i lived in a neighbourhood with people from lots of different countries, and although i grew up in an anti semitic movement, there was a very largejewish population in the area. and that was ok for my family, because their world view is what separated them from the rest of the country. it was that they saw themselves as a part of a movement that they had been building since decades before i was born, and they wanted to c
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. today marks exactly one year until the 2024 election and a new set of polls from the new york times and siena college show that president biden has some work to do. according to these latest polls, former president trump is leading in four key swing states, including nevada, a state biden narrowly carried in the 2020 presidential election, and georgia as well, a state that was central to trump s efforts to overturn the election results. the polling shows registered voters favor trump when it comes to handling the economy, immigration, national security, and the israeli/palestinian conflict. this latest polling is especially striking as trump faces mounting legal troubles. tomorrow, he is expected to take the stand in a civil fraud trial for what s shaping up to be a high-stakes day of testimony that could determine the fate of his new york businesses. let s discuss that and more with former clin