After ending 2024 campaign, DeSantis remains ‘danger’ to Black people and democracy

“He tried to ride a discrimination, anti-Blackness wave that he thought would resonate in America,” says Florida State Senator Shevrin Jones.

After Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the end of his 2024 presidential campaign on Sunday, Black Floridians are slamming the state’s chief executive, who they say built his White House run on punching down Black and other marginalized communities across the state through policy and legislation. 

“Governor DeSantis used his climb to his presidential campaign on the backs of Blacks, on the backs of the LGBTQ community, on the backs of immigrants,” said


Gerren Keith Gaynor

Gerren Keith Gaynor is a White House Correspondent and the Managing Editor of Politics at theGrio. He is based in Washington, D.C.

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