NBC host Kristen Welker pressed Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis about his failure to immediately condemn neo-Nazis who showed up in his state.
"You are the governor," Welker noted. "You are a presidential candidate. Your state has heard from both Marco Rubio and Rick Scott condemning those neo-Nazi protests. Why didn't you speak out? Why didn't you use your voice to say that you're not going to stand for that?"
DeSantis did not address his initial hesitancy in condemning the hate group.
"Of course, we condemn that," DeSantis said. "I mean, you just look at everything that we've done in terms of our policies."
"But you didn't at the time, Governor," Welker pointed out. "You didn't at the time, according to Randy Fine."
"Well, right," DeSantis huffed. "And he's just trying to create a name for himself. So that's all nonsense. Everybody knows that's nonsense."
"And don't give somebody a 15 minutes of fame just because they're letting you try to do a preferred narrative just to hit me," he added. "It's nonsense. Our record is second to none."
