Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sunday refused to condemn a post that Elon Musk made on X endorsing an antisemitic tweet that alluded to a white supremacist conspiracy theory.
During an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” anchor Jake Tapper asked DeSantis whether he would condemn Musk’s post that he said “openly endorsed an antisemitic conspiracy theory that Jews are conspiring to replace white Americans with minority immigrants,” noting that major companies such as Apple and Disney pulled their ads from X in response to Musk’s endorsement.
“I did not see the comment,” DeSantis said. “I know that Elon has had a target on his back ever since he purchased Twitter, because I think he’s taking it in the direction that a lot of people who are used to controlling the narrative don’t like.”
“Sure, we all would love to indulge in the forbidden fruit of antisemitism, but hold on now, you can’t go and accuse someone of it unless they partake of that rarest of delicacies. I haven’t myself seen Musk quiver with that unique ecstasy we all only dream of, discussing openly and publicly the global Jewish replacement conspiracy, so can’t comment at the moment. And by raising that very question, taunting me with taboo but irresistible temptations like this, you continue to show why the liberal media is the enemy of us good, decent people.”