{"id":1983253,"date":"2023-07-26T15:06:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-team-fires-staffer-who-retweeted-video-with-nazi-symbolism\/"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:08:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:08:10","slug":"desantis-team-fires-staffer-who-retweeted-video-with-nazi-symbolism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-team-fires-staffer-who-retweeted-video-with-nazi-symbolism\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis team fires staffer for retweeting video with Nazi symbolism."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-team-fires-staffer-who-retweeted-video-with-nazi-symbolism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1983253&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by \u200bEva Marie Uzcategui\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/shawntel-smith-hill\">Shawntel Smith-Hill<\/a><br \/>11:36 AM\u200d \u2013 Wednesday, July 26,\u2063 2023<\/p>\n<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-team-fires-staffer-who-retweeted-video-with-nazi-symbolism\/\" title=\"DeSantis team fires staffer for retweeting video with Nazi symbolism.\">2024 presidential campaign team fired<\/a> a staffer who created\u2063 and shared a pro-DeSantis video that depicted the candidate\u2019s face\u200c with a\u200d Sonnenrad (Black Sun), which is a symbol appropriated \u200dby the \u200dNazis and still used by White supremacists.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The video was independently produced by Nate Hochman, a speechwriter for \u2064the DeSantis (R-Fla.) campaign and a previous contributor to National Review as well as other media publications. It was retweeted over \u200cthe weekend on a pro-DeSantis Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>Hochman has since deleted the tweet but was ultimately fired on Tuesday, as \u200dreported by Semafor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cNate Hochman is no longer with the campaign,\u201d a campaign\u2062 official \u200dsaid. \u201cAnd we will not be \u200bcommenting on him further.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The video featured the\u2064 Republican presidential candidate at the center of Florida\u2019s state seal, which morphs\u200b into a Nazi Sonnenrad as it spins, with Nazi soldiers marching forward in the background.<\/p>\n<p>The video was originally shared by the Twitter account @desantiscams \u200cand was retweeted by Hochman \u2063before it was deleted.<\/p>\n<p>The release of Hochman comes at a time when the \u200cDeSantis campaign has let go of over a third of its staff, with the governor\u2019s \u200dteam confirming it fired 38 staffers in an effort to reset his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-undergoes-surgery-to-implant-pacemaker\/\" title=\"Pence Undergoes Surgery To Implant Pacemaker\">2024 presidential bid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ron DeSantis\u2062 is trying to be\u200b America&#8217;s Hitler with this Nazi bs.<\/p>\n<p>He \u200dturned the Great Seal\u200d of the State of Florida into a Nazi sonnenrad and for some reason there are troops marching.<\/p>\n<p>Fascism has consumed the Republican Party. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6PRyDvZXIw\">pic.twitter.com\/6PRyDvZXIw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brad Bo \u200d\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@BradBeauregardJ)\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BradBeauregardJ\/status\/1683918479647444992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! \u200dReceive breaking news blasts directly to your \u200binbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>with Dr. Dave Brat<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>with Gabriel \u200cRench<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>with Tierin-Rose Mandelburg<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>with Chris Alexander<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>SYDNEY \u200b(Reuters) \u2013 New Zealand said on Wednesday it \u200cwould boost its cyber defences by setting up a lead agency \u2064to make\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Supantha\u2062 Mukherjee, Martin Coulter and \u200cSheila Dang\u2063 (Reuters) -After 17 years with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lvmh-strikes-paris-olympic-games-sponsorship-deal\/\" title=\"LVMH sponsors Paris Olympic Games.\">iconic blue bird<\/a> that came to \u2064symbolize the\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) -Britain\u2019s data regulator said on Tuesday \u2064it will \u2064examine Worldcoin, a project by OpenAI CEO \u2064Sam Altman\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Candelaria Grimberg BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) \u2013 A project by Argentine \u2063artist Santiago Barros uses artificial intelligence to imagine what the children\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis&#8217;s 2024 campaign team terminated a staff member for producing and circulating a pro-DeSantis video featuring the candidate&#8217;s face alongside a Sonnenrad (Black Sun) symbol, historically associated with the Nazis and still employed by extremist groups. 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