In news from Florida, Republican candidate for governor Ron DeSantis appeared on Fox News Wednesday and urged voters of Florida not to “monkey this up” by voting for his Democratic challenger Andrew Gillum, the first African-American gubernatorial nominee in Florida’s history.

Rep. Ron DeSantis: “The last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda with huge tax increases and bankrupting the state. That is not going to work. That’s not going to be good for Florida.”

During the same interview, DeSantis referred to Gillum as an “articulate spokesman” for far-left views. Terrie Rizzo, the chairwoman of the Florida Democratic Party, criticized DeSantis’s comments, saying, “It’s disgusting that Ron DeSantis is launching his general election campaign with racist dog whistles.”