GOP presidential candidate draws renewed criticism after suggesting slavery helped African Americans develop skills such as being a blacksmith

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    Desantis is vying for political points that he can use nationally. He and his campaign think it’ll score them points that might help them prove to be more “Trumpy” than other candidates.

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      Honestly, while it wouldn’t totally surprise me to have Republicans sink to an even lower low… I’m just not sure that there’s a large contingent of national voters for who “actually slavery was pretty great for black people” is an important issues or a winning message.

      I feel like it’s ultimately suburban voters who tip the scale in a general election, and defending slavery isn’t probably the main issue on their mind. And for the GOP primary, there’s no chance that he pulls anything meaningful away from the Trump cult with this shit. It just seems so stupid.

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        You’d be entirely shocked at how racist suburban voters can be, and how open a lot of them have become in recent years.