September 1st 2023.
Black supporters of Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis are pushing back against the media narrative that his policies gaslit the Jacksonville shooting. Florida State Rep. Kiyan Michael, a 2020 Black Voices for Trump Advisory Board member and Jacksonville resident, says this is far from the truth.
“It has nothing to do with the policy,” Michael said. “They’re pushing this thing because they’re trying to make us divided when we are trying to be united and trying to unite around these families.”
Michael and North Carolina State Rep. Kenneth Fontenot, another Black Republican, both feel that the media has a double standard when it comes to shooting coverage. Fontenot believes that the only time the liberal media is really concerned with African American murders is when it’s race-related.
“That’s unjust,” Fontenot said.
Michael is a fan of SB 1718—the Florida bill that requires businesses to check the immigration status of workers—and advocated for it during a vote, saying “Heaven has borders, Hell has none.”
Michael also defended her governor after he was “booed” during a recent prayer vigil for the Jacksonville Dollar General shooting. “I think that it was not organic,” Michael said. “He didn’t have to come. But he came himself because that’s the man he is.”
Black supporters of DeSantis are standing up for the governor, believing in his policies and his actions. It’s clear that they feel the media is unfairly targeting the governor and using the Jacksonville shooting as an excuse to spread a false narrative.
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