Ron DeSantis says pro-Palestinian ‘bozos’ want a ‘second Holocaust’

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'These people may not be smart enough to know what they are advocating.'

Florida’s Governor is telling New Hampshire voters that pro-Palestinian protesters want a “second Holocaust,” though they may be too stupid to realize it.

During a campaign stop in Seacoast Tuesday evening, Ron DeSantis bashed the “bozos” who are in American streets and at American universities, agitating against Israel as the country prepares to launch a ground offensive against Hamas in Palestinian territory.

“When you see these bozos at Harvard and these universities protesting in favor of Hamas, when they say ‘To the river to the sea that so-called Palestine shall be “free,”‘ understand they are advocating a second Holocaust,” DeSantis said.

“These people may not be smart enough to know what they are advocating. I don’t know, but I can tell you this, no other country would have to put up with that. If there is any other country in this world where people were saying they want to eliminate your entire existence, they wouldn’t have to put up with it,” he added.

Unsurprisingly, the Governor has been stalwart in his condemnation of pro-Palestinian protesters, and on Tuesday, he took action to terminate student chapters at Florida universities that allegedly support “Hamas terrorism.”

He also has had suggestions along the way as to what he would do about them, including at the university where he attended law school.

During an interview with The Blaze, Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested that student protests against Israel’s retaliation after Hamas attacks merit cutting off federal funding for Harvard.

“Seeing these students at universities like Harvard sign their names to letters praising Hamas in the light of the barbarism that we’ve seen, it shows this country has got a lot of problems. We need to be reevaluating the role that the federal government has in the relationship we have with some of these universities,” DeSantis said.

“We should not be pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into places like Harvard if they’re producing students that are basically aligning with Hamas terrorists.”

Asked 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.

On Newsmax earlier this month, 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.”

“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?”

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. His work also can be seen in the Washington Post, the New York Post, the Washington Times, and National Review, among other publications. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski


10 comments

  • My Take

    October 24, 2023 at 7:30 pm

    Caring about innocent civilian Palestinian lives is hardly praising Hamas.
    DeSScumtis is a pandering scumbag.

  • My Take

    October 24, 2023 at 7:34 pm

    DeSScumtis thinks like a terrorist.
    “Unless you are an enemy of my enemy, you are my enemy.”
    “There are no innocents”

  • ANCDEFU ron

    October 24, 2023 at 7:53 pm

    I guess he doesn’t realize protests are around the world for the innocent children who are not guilty of anything and don’t deserve to be killed. They don’t belong to Hamas

  • Mike

    October 24, 2023 at 8:17 pm

    Anyone notice you get called anti-Semitic by desantis for ever pointing out any bad things that israel did?

    • My Take

      October 24, 2023 at 10:06 pm

      People don’t know or forget that Zionist terrorists were highly involved in the creation of Israel. Irgun and the Stern Gangs most notoriously. They were proud of it. Irgun became Likud I belìeve.

  • Earl Pitts "America's BIG VOICE on The Right" American

    October 24, 2023 at 8:24 pm

    Good evening America,
    Bottom Line is the Democratic Party brought the invasion on to Iseral on by it’s weakness and appeasement. Because of that the world is at the door of WWIII. Because of that America will elect a Republican POTUS.
    Thank you America,
    Earl Pitts American
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    VOTE DESANTIS 2024*

    • rick whitaker

      October 24, 2023 at 9:37 pm

      WARNING ⚠ TROLL COMMENT BY EARL SHITTS

    • Bwj

      October 24, 2023 at 9:57 pm

      What? Blame Biden for everything is the rights explanation for everything.

  • MH/Duuuval

    October 24, 2023 at 9:16 pm

    For the record: The primary appeaser in the US lately has been Trump who met with Putin without any American present. And then came out to meet the press with a sheepish look and subservient body language.

    I can condemn Hamas in the strongest terms without justifying Israel’s air campaign on the civilians of Gaza — about half of whom are children or adolescents. Hamas was elected in 2006 and has not allowed an election since, essentially making hostages of ordinary citizens.

    • rick whitaker

      October 24, 2023 at 9:40 pm

      good comment. desantis’ comments sure aren’t helping anybody. he’s a habitual panderer.

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