DeSantis Campaign Shares Video With Nazi Imagery

Raw Story reports:

The DeSantis campaign deleted a video that flashed a number of concerning images. Just a few weeks ago, another video surfaced using photos of shirtless men previously mocked by Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

In the latest video, however, a Nazi symbol flashes on the screen with a row of marching soldiers on either side of it and Gov. Ron DeSantis’ face fading in.

Podcast host Luke Thompson of “Constitutionally Speaking” spotted the symbol and explained it is a sonnenrad. The symbol is an ancient European symbol used by Nazis while idealizing “Aryan/Norse” cultures, explained the Anti-Defamation League.

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As you’ll hear in the clip, the video is set to Meg Myers’ 2019 cover of the Kate Bush classic, Running Up That Hill. Earlier today the New York Times reported that a viciously anti-LGBTQ ad shared early this month by DeSantis campaign was in fact created in-house. Don’t be surprised if today’s video turns out to have the same source.

The @desantiscams account just deleted this video after at least one campaign staffer RT’d it. I wonder if this was also made in-house. pic.twitter.com/JA1D9qqONF

— Luke Thompson (@ltthompso) July 23, 2023

Really special ending to the video here. Yep. That’s a sonnenrad. pic.twitter.com/ZJzfI3HeS0

— Luke Thompson (@ltthompso) July 23, 2023

When I first started calling @RonDeSantis a fascist, I got blowback from folks in both parties. Now, he’s being so overt about it that people are coming around. Calling DeSantis a fascist isn’t hyperbole, it’s defining what he is.

This is a Nazi symbol. 👇🏾 https://t.co/HgkXyf1Ovo

— Maxwell Alejandro Frost (@MaxwellFrostFL) July 23, 2023

Ron DeSantis campaign staff just shared a video with DeSantis and a Nazi symbol imposed over a flag of Florida with soldiers marching toward it. pic.twitter.com/hcD6i0QwS1

— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) July 23, 2023