in miami phillip agnew, , co-director of dreamam defenders, a community-based movement organization. in 2013,3, gillum was a city commissioner in tallahassee when agnew and the dream defenders led the takeover of the state capitol to protest the acquittal of george zimmerman in the shooting death of unarmed teenager trayvon martin. gillum supported their direct action. the nextxt year gillum was elecd mayor. agnew and the drdream defenders have also worked to support andrew gillum in florida's governor's race. and in our new york studio, we are joined by charlene carruthers, national director of the black youth project 100. her new book is just out. it is titled "unapologetic: a black, queer and feminist mandate for radical movements." we welcome you both to democracy now! phillip agnew in florida, let's begin with you. first, your response to ron desantis and what he said just hours after this upset victory in the democratic primaryry whee andrew gillum won. talk about his words "monkeying it up." >> in florida, we call him a distraction. ron disaster. he is try to takakflorida b bac