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You know you are a threat to Democrats when they start twisting every word you say as being racist.
That is what has been happening to Governor Ron DeSantis over the last few months.
Dems took it to a new level this week when analyzing comments made by DeSantis about the NBA draft.
Kidding?
DeSantis said nothing that was way over the top or anywhere near being racist.
On professional basketball players, DeSantis stated, “I think that there’s kind of a place for everybody in a baseball team if you’re willing to work hard, if you’re willing to practice… I kind of thought it was always a very democratic game, a very meritocratic game.
“Whereas I kind of viewed basketball as like ‘these guys are just freaks of nature.’
“They’re just incredible athletes.
“In baseball, you know, you have some guys that might not necessarily be the best athletes, but maybe they’ve got you know that slider that nobody can hit, or they have the skills that allow them to compete at the highest level.”
USA Today columnist Mike Freeman had a meltdown over the comments, stating, “DeSantis was essentially talking about two leagues, and how the mostly Black one, the NBA, is full of freaky athletes with fast-twitch muscles and apparently not as democratic or meritocratic or whatever-cratic as baseball players.
“Then, according to DeSantis, there’s baseball, or the MLB, the mostly white sport, full of OK athletes but gosh darn, do they work hard, and form democracies and meritocratic-ocracies-republics.
“They’re not freaks at all. They’re real Americans.”
Can we stop taking every word literally?
DeSantis’ point is that when you look at a basketball players, especially when you consider their height and agility, they are the exception, which is clearly what he meant when he called them “freaks of nature.”
It was hardly an insult or remotely racist.
Sadly, however, today’s media would rather generate clicks with bogus narratives, even if it means shredding the reputation of someone that they feel threatens the Democrat hold on power.
Source: Fox News
