Ron DeSantis rips 'anti-American' rich, wants 'scrutiny' of foundations

Ron DeSantis rips 'anti-American' rich, wants 'scrutiny' of foundations

Gov. Ron DeSantis is fulminating about rich people he went to college with, calling them “legacies” who were “anti-American” despite having material advantages he did not.

“The folks that had been legacies from these universities or came from some of those multigenerational families of wealth, they tended to be the ones who were the most anti-American and were most left-wing in their activism,” the Governor told podcaster Jesse Kelly.

DeSantis contrasted his “blue-collar” roots with some wealthier peers, finding irony in their willingness to question an economic system that benefited them.

“So, it’s interesting because they would fashion themselves as, like, standing up for the working peopl...

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