Florida Governor Ron DeSantis criticizes VP Kamala Harris’ running mate pick [Video]

STEINHATCHEE, Fla. — Governor Ron DeSantis took time during his press conference on the state’s response to Hurricane Debby to offer his thoughts on Vice President Kamala Harris’s selection of his new running mate.

On Tuesday, the vice president named Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. DeSantis offered his thoughts on the pick.

In his comments, DeSantis started out mispronouncing the Vice President’s name before he brought up the 2020 George Floyd protests and riots and said Walz “let the city of Minneapolis burn.” DeSantis said the ticket “represents the spirit of those 2020 BLM riots.”

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The governor then shifted to asserting a link between Walz and Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar. DeSantis called Walz “an Ilhan Omar-style leftist” who has the “same policies as his fellow Minnesotan Ilhan Omar.”

During his roughly two minutes of comments on the Democratic ticket, DeSantis also included two references to San Francisco.

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