Ron DeSantis insists US is ‘not a racist country’, echoing claim by Nikki Haley
by Martin Pengelly in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6HXR1)
Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate concedes country has faced challenges' over dealing with race
The hard-right Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, said the US was not a racist country", echoing a controversial claim by Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor who is also trying to deny Donald Trump the Republican presidential nomination.
Well, the US is not a racist country," DeSantis told a CNN town hall in New Hampshire. And we've overcome things in our history. You know, I think the founding fathers - they established a set of principles that are universal."
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