Andrew Gillum Instagram – Gov. DeSantis: You can’t ready the ground, till the soil, plant the seed, add the water and fertilizer, then blame the rain shower when the tree begins to bare its predictable fruit. I stopped short of calling you a racist during our 2018 debates, choosing instead to focus on the fact that what we “call” ourselves (racist or not) is less important than how we make people feel through what they see us do (or not do), say (or not), and (re)act. In these last five years you’ve done little to dissuade the hate mongers and racist from your cause – too often giving shelter to their ideas in your own public policy fights, i.e. anti-George Floyd protest laws, elimination of Black access seats in congress, book banning and the fictionalizing of Black history in Florida, targeting of Black public servants by taking their power, shaming, retiring or forcibly removing them from public posts (illegal). Your actions have proven a blueprint for tyranny and hatred. You have not hesitated to blame every other community in our state when you’ve needed a political fight to advance your extreme credentials. Now that you can see more clearly that words and attitudes matter, what will you do going forward? With whatever credibility you have remaining on the topic; how will you make tomorrow safer for Black people in Florida and all communities targeted by hate driven domestic terror? This is a time of choosing and we’re watching…