{"id":2015090,"date":"2023-08-29T04:15:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T08:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-heckled-at-jacksonville-shooting-vigil-then-defended-by-local-democrat-official\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T04:17:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T08:17:28","slug":"desantis-heckled-at-jacksonville-shooting-vigil-then-defended-by-local-democrat-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-heckled-at-jacksonville-shooting-vigil-then-defended-by-local-democrat-official\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis heckled at vigil, defended by Dem official."},"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\">16<\/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-heckled-at-jacksonville-shooting-vigil-then-defended-by-local-democrat-official%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=2015090&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 data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>Florida\u200c Gov. Ron \u2063DeSantis faced a mix \u200cof applause \u2063and boos\u2062 on Sunday as he\u200c spoke at a prayer vigil following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-id-california-church-shooter-who-was-hog-tied-by-congregation\/\" title=\"Police ID California Church Shooter Who Was \u2018Hog-Tied\u2019 By Congregation\">racially-motivated attack<\/a> that \u2064claimed the lives of three\u200d black\u200d individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Stepping up to the podium, Mr. \u200dDeSantis, a Republican running in the 2024 presidential primary, addressed the crowd about his plans to enhance security at Edward Waters College, a \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-joe-biden-suggests-to-black-students-he-was-arrested-during-civil-rights-struggle\/\" title=\"WATCH: Joe Biden Suggests to Black Students He Was Arrested During Civil Rights Struggle\">historically black institution<\/a>. However, \u200cthe booing continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Councilwoman, I got\u2062 you. \u2064Don&#8217;t worry about it,&#8221; Mr. DeSantis assured Democrat \u2064Jacksonville Councilwoman Ju\u2019Coby Pittman. &#8220;We&#8217;ve already been looking\u200c to identify\u2063 funds to \u200bhelp <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paul-driessen-leftist-intimidation-and-assassination\/\" title=\"Paul Driessen: Leftist Intimidation \u2013 and Assassination?\">ensure adequate security<\/a> for Edward Waters College. We will \u200dnot allow\u200b these institutions \u2063to be targeted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related\u200b Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trial-starting-for-suspect-in-des-moines-school-shooting-that-killed-2-students-5481755\">Trial Starting for\u2063 Suspect in Des Moines School Shooting That Killed 2 Students<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/28\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trial-starting-for-suspect-in-des-moines-school-shooting-that-killed-2-students-5481755\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/man-killed-several-injured-in-overnight-shooting-in-louisville-5481454\">Man \u200dKilled, Several Injured in Overnight\u200d Shooting in Louisville<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/27\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/man-killed-several-injured-in-overnight-shooting-in-louisville-5481454\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ms. Pittman intervened, urging the crowd to put \u200baside political differences in \u2063the face of tragedy. &#8220;We&#8217;re finna put parties aside because it ain\u2019t about parties today,&#8221; she\u200d declared\u200d in\u200c defense of the \u2064governor. &#8220;A bullet doesn&#8217;t know a\u200c party. So,\u2063 don&#8217;t get me started&#8230; now y&#8217;all, y&#8217;all just be quiet a minute and let the governor say\u200b what he&#8217;s going to say and we&#8217;re going\u200b to get this party started.\u2062 You hear me?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following Ms. Pittman&#8217;s intervention, \u2063the heckling subsided, and Mr. DeSantis continued\u2064 to address\u200b the shooting and his efforts to protect Edward Waters College. He expressed his commitment to campus security and assisting the families of the victims.<\/p>\n<h2>DeSantis Condemns\u200d Racist Violence<\/h2>\n<p>The shooting suspect, \u2062identified as 21-year-old Ryan Palmeter, had reportedly\u200b approached \u2064Edward Waters University before carrying out the attack. The university went into lockdown, and a security guard confronted the\u2064 suspect, prompting him to retreat \u200dto his\u200c car. Shortly after leaving the university, the suspect arrived at a \u200dnearby Dollar General store and opened fire\u2062 on customers.<\/p>\n<p>At 1:53 p.m., the \u200bsuspect&#8217;s parents contacted the \u200cClay County sheriff&#8217;s office after receiving a text \u2064message from\u200c their son at 1:18 \u200cp.m., indicating his intentions in a \u2062manifesto. Unfortunately, the police\u2063 response came too \u2062late.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters revealed that the suspect \u200dhad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-heckled-at-jacksonville-shooting-vigil-then-defended-by-local-democrat-official\/\" title=\"DeSantis heckled at vigil, defended by Dem official.\">released multiple manifestos<\/a>, revealing his racially motivated motives for\u200c the attack. Although not affiliated with\u2062 any larger group, the shooter harbored a deep\u200c hatred for \u200cblack people. The \u200bvictims\u2014Anolt Joseph Laguerre Jr., Jerrald Gallion, and \u2062Angela\u200b Michelle\u200d Carr\u2014were\u200b all \u200bblack.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fact of\u200b the matter is, \u200byou know, \u2064you had \u2064a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jacksonville-shooting-desantis-booed-while-delivering-remarks-at-prayer-vigil-for-victims\/\" title=\"DeSantis faced boos at Jacksonville shooting prayer vigil.\">major league scumbag<\/a> come from \u200cClay \u2064County\u200b up here and what he d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faced boos at a prayer vigil following a racially-motivated attack that claimed three black lives. Despite mixed reactions of applause and disapproval, DeSantis, a contender in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, took the stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1759,"featured_media":2015091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2015090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1759"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2015090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2015091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2015090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2015090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}