It's never too early for racist dogwhistling! https://t.co/rk7CcESXM6
— John Scalzi (@scalzi) August 29, 2018
So… where do we chip in for a Gillum ad using his opponent’s Kinsley gaffe?
Per the Miami Herald:
… “He is an articulate spokesman for those far-left views. And he’s a charismatic candidate,” DeSantis said of Gillum. “I watched those Democratic debates. None of that is my cup of tea but, he performed better than the other people there so we’ve got to work hard to make sure that we continue Florida going in a good direction. Let’s build off the success we’ve had with Gov. [Rick] Scott. The last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda with huge tax increases and bankrupting the state. That’s not going to work. That’s not going to be good for Florida.”…
Articulate… charismatic… he performed better… Y’ever wonder if the Repubs miss President Obama almost as much as us sane people? Cuz their current Dear Leader, nobody is gonna be able to throw such accusations at him.
"Monkey this up" is not a remotely common idiom. Only 17K Google hits, most of which refer to DeSantis's comments today. By contrast, "monkey around" gets more than 7 million hits. pic.twitter.com/QUmyclxLl7
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) August 29, 2018
ETA:
Democrats: We reject racism.
Republicans:*says racist crap.*AP: Clearly this is the fault of both sides.
Me: ? pic.twitter.com/c1AHTRisOL
— Elizabeth Rogers (@ahumorlessfem) August 29, 2018
EATA (via commentor R-Jud):
But you will find a couple of references to the phrase on car repair forums. The phrase means “messing up a repair badly because you don’t know what you’re doing.” Here are a couple of examples. It is very, very common in southern repair shops. pic.twitter.com/LunXfH4IZl
— Respectable Lawyer (@RespectableLaw) August 29, 2018
The same thing holds true for a far-right wing GOP governor candidate from Florida.
— Respectable Lawyer (@RespectableLaw) August 29, 2018
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