Ron DeSantis wonders why pro-Hamas protesters are ‘even in this country’

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The Governor made the comments Wednesday on Newsmax.

Ron DeSantis continues to rail against Americans protesting Israel’s offensive on Hamas.

On Newsmax, he wondered why those protesters are in the United States at all, saying that the demonstrations are “almost like they’re just pouring salt in the wounds by going out there and celebrating the atrocities.”

The Governor condemned “demonstrations in like New York City where they’re cheering Hamas knowing that Hamas has decapitated babies, they’re executing elderly people, raping women.”

“This is obviously an atrocious terrorist attack,” DeSantis said. “But I think that they scraped the bottom of the barrel of human depravity on this and to take to the streets and celebrate that.”

“There’s a sickness in our society when you have Harvard students signing these letters praising Hamas. And I just wonder, it’s like, why are you even in this country if that’s your belief on some of that stuff?” he added.

This is the second straight day on which DeSantis has condemned the demonstrators. Asked on Tuesday about the state of the Ivy League on the Howie Carr Show in the wake of pro-Hamas demonstrations at Harvard, Ron DeSantis denounced the protests as “absolutely appalling.”

“At this point with the Ivy League, with how nuts they’ve gotten, if I see a Harvard résumé across my desk, I’m running the other way,” DeSantis said.

As reported by the Harvard Crimson, the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee and 33 other Harvard student organizations originally signed off on a statement blaming Israel for the attacks from Hamas that started this weekend. Many of their names have since been removed from the statement for what the Crimson calls “safety concerns,” amid on campus backlash.

“They’ve always been anti-Israel. But to go up and cheer a group, a terrorist group that’s cutting off the heads of infants, it’s absolutely despicable,” DeSantis said Tuesday.

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. He writes for the New York Post and National Review also, with previous work in the American Conservative and Washington Times and a 15+ year run as a columnist in Folio Weekly. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski


26 comments

  • Earl Pitts "The Earl Of Politics" American

    October 11, 2023 at 7:51 pm

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      October 12, 2023 at 12:14 am

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  • Rick Whitaker

    October 11, 2023 at 7:57 pm

    calling palestinians pro hamas is disingenuous. if i went overseas and people called me a maga cultist that would not be fair, i’m a progressive democrat. desantis is not fair. he panders incessantly. ron, go home and quit trying to be a trumpster.

  • Michael K

    October 11, 2023 at 8:52 pm

    This is the guy who tried to shut down all protests in Florida, like all fascists.

    He has a real chip on his shoulder about Harvard and Yale. He should seek professional counseling.

  • My Take

    October 11, 2023 at 8:57 pm

    Horror stories like these are common early in wars. Sometimes they are true and sometimes not. Remember the Kuwaiti woman testifyimg in congress I believe who turned out to be a relative of a high official acting a propaganda part.
    It may well be ttue here. Wait a bit for relianle witnesses.

    DeSSantis is a scumbag. I hold that truth to be self evident.

    • MH/Duuuval

      October 11, 2023 at 9:47 pm

      No — it’s bad news on both sides. A descent into hell for all the participants and observers, as Sherman had it.

      What autocrat Ron D can’t grasp is the concept of proportionality. Nor is he capable of grasping the meaning of Langston Hughes’ poem about what happens to “a raisin in the sun .”

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        October 11, 2023 at 10:31 pm

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  • PeterH

    October 11, 2023 at 11:51 pm

    Perhaps Ron DeSantis doesn’t know the difference between pro-Palestinian and Pro-Hamas ….. there is a difference. Not everyone living in Gaza is pro-Hamas

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  • Sonja Fitch

    October 12, 2023 at 3:32 am

    Omg the savages of Hamas are shattering Israel! Desantis you are so damn stupid! Folks are protesting the civilians caught up in this Gaza! Desantis you are of those that blames the KKK on all of the south!!!! Desantis you are a damn Nazi! Disgusting!!!!

  • Finally We Agreee

    October 12, 2023 at 7:16 am

    Ron thinks we should run away from resumes that include the Ivys? Well, Ron, you ARE a product of the Ivys. America should take your advice and run from your resume. Do NOT hire this man to be President. He already warned you.

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      October 12, 2023 at 7:40 am

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      Remember, The Earl cares about you and is trying to free you from the chains of Deadly Dook 4 Brains Leftism.
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          October 12, 2023 at 9:50 am

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    October 12, 2023 at 12:07 pm

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