Trump-backed candidate’s ‘monkey’ comment draws fire in Florida race
By Letitia Stein TAMPA (Reuters) – Florida‘s marquee governor’s race heated up on Wednesday, when the Trump-backed Republican candidate said the state should not “monkey this up” by electing his opponent, Democrat Andrew Gillum, who is African-American, in November. U.S. Representative Ron DeSantis, a staunch supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump who won his party’s…