A Democratic Jacksonville City Council member explained Monday why she opted to shut down community members who booed and heckled Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis while he tried to make remarks at a vigil…
Ju’Coby Pittman grabbed the microphone and told the audience, “it ain’t about parties today,” allowing the Republican presidential candidate to finish his remarks.
“I had no idea that the governor was coming. The emcee of the event for that day called him up. He was just only was supposed to have been acknowledged as being there,”The Sunday vigil was convened after three black people were shot and killed by a white man at a Dollar General store on Saturday afternoon.
“I wanted the audience to calm down because I wanted him to sit down and I wanted it to be the event that was for the residents and the community that had come together for unity,” she added. Pittman underscored that she doesn’t “support any of the stances or policies that the governor has implemented.”The boos from the crowd in Jacksonville were so loud for Presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis that Councilwoman Ju’Coby Pittman had to stop the Governor to settle the crowd and remind them to put politics aside in this moment.
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