Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis did not back down from his stance that the U.S. should not accept refugees from Palestine, saying that Hamas has created a 'toxic culture.'
Florida Gov. and GOP presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis Sunday stuck to his stance that the U.S. should not accept refugees from Palestine amid the ongoing conflict with Israel. 'Palestinian Arabs should go to Arab countries, the U.S. should not be absorbing any of those,' DeSantis said during an appearance on CBS's 'Face the Nation' Sunday.
will challenge anyone to say that in some of these countries that virulent antisemitism is not the norm,' DeSantis said, according to the NBC News report, adding that 'if you’re not willing to acknowledge that, then you’ve got your head in the sand.' DeSantis continued to defend his remarks during his Sunday interview, telling 'Face the Nation' Hamas has helped form a 'toxic culture' in the Gaza Strip.
They elected Hamas, let's just be clear about that. Not everyone's a member of Hamas, most probably aren't, but they did elect Hamas in 2006,' DeSantis said. 'This has been an issue for a long time. They teach kids to hate Jews, the textbooks do not have Israel even on the map. They prepare very young kids to commit terrorist attacks.
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