Fox’s Sandra Smith Addresses DeSantis Remarks: Fox News Doesn’t ‘Condone This Language’

Fox News’ Sandra Smith addressed the controversial comments Rep. Ron DeSantis made in an interview with her on America’s Newsroom.

The aspiring Republican candidate for Governor of Florida is facing significant outrage for saying that his state cannot “monkey this up” by electing progressive candidate Andrew Gillum, who is African-American. Shortly after her interview with DeSantis, Smith addressed the comments by providing a statement from his campaign and a notice that Fox News doesn’t condone what he said.

“A little while ago, we had Ron DeSantis, the Republican nominee for governor in Florida on for an interview to discuss the Florida election. During the interview, he made what some are calling an inappropriate comment about his democratic opponent, Andrew Gillum.

DeSantis has since clarified his comment in a statement, saying, ‘Ron DeSantis was obviously talking about Florida not making the wrong decision to embrace the socialist policies that Andrew Gillum Espouses. To characterize it as anything else is absurd. Florida’s economy has been on the move for the last eight years and the last thing we need is a far-left democrat trying to stop our success.’

We do not condone this language and wanted to make our viewers aware that he has since clarified his statement.”

Smith also said Gillum will speak to her colleague, Shepard Smith, later today, so it’s likely he’ll address DeSantis’ comments this afternoon.

Watch above, via Fox News.

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