DeSantis Echoes Haley: The US Is Not A Racist Country

The Hill reports:

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis argued Tuesday night that the United States “is not a racist country,” following rival Nikki Haley’s similar remarks earlier that day. DeSantis was asked during a New Hampshire CNN town hall about comments Haley made earlier Tuesday during an appearance on “Fox & Friends,” where she said the U.S. has “never been a racist country” in response to a question on whether the GOP was a “racist party.”

“Well, the U.S. is not a racist country, and we’ve overcome things in our history,” DeSantis responded. “You know, I think the Founding Fathers — they established a set of principles that are, that are universal.” When CNN’s Wolf Blitzer pressed him further on whether he agreed with Haley, DeSantis fell short of completely agreeing with her. “Well, what I said was we’ve had challenges with, with how race was viewed,” DeSantis said Tuesday.

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