Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has condemned antisemitism in the state, including an incident where a racist message supporting Ye was beamed onto a stadium in Jacksonville.

DeSantis hit out against antisemitism days after the message in support of Ye, who is commonly known as Kanye West, was projected onto TIAA Bank Field following the Georgia-Florida college football game on Saturday where the governor was in attendance.

The message referenced the rapper's recent antisemitic statements that resulted in Adidas terminating its business partnership with him.

Jeremy T. Redfern, deputy press secretary for DeSantis, told Newsweek: "Governor DeSantis rejects attempts to scapegoat the Jewish community—it has no place in Florida."

DeSantis had been criticized for not earlier denouncing the racist message projected onto the stadium on Saturday.

Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist, who is hoping to unseat DeSantis from office, said in a Monday tweet: "It's been two days since antisemitic messages were displayed across Jacksonville and @RonDeSantisFL still refuses to condemn them. Why is it so hard for him to speak out against hate?"

It’s been 2 days since anti-Semitic messages were displayed across Jacksonville and @RonDeSantisFL still refuses to condemn them.

Why is it so hard for him to speak out against hate?
— Charlie Crist (@CharlieCrist) October 31, 2022

While DeSantis' statement did not reference the antisemitic message in Jacksonville or any other incident in Florida, it did list a "proven record of supporting the Jewish community and fighting antisemitism" as well as the boycott Israel movement in the state.

The statement said DeSantis had signed "the most comprehensive anti-Semitism legislation in Florida's history, requiring public K-20 educational institutions to treat discrimination by students or employees or resulting from institutional policies motivated by antisemitism in an identical manner to discrimination motivated by race."

It added: "Under Gov. DeSantis' leadership, Florida created a statewide, required Holocaust curriculum that teaches students about that horrific tragedy at every grade level in an age-appropriate manner."

The statement also listed more cases of DeSantis' support for the Jewish community including more than $7 million in funding for Jewish school security, Holocaust education, and Israel-connected projects.

In a statement to Newsweek, StopAntisemitism Executive Director Liora Rez said DeSantis had been slow to condemn antisemitism in the state.

The statement read: "Governor DeSantis should have been among the first to condemn antisemitism in Florida especially since the state boasts one of the largest Jewish populations in the United States.

"Over the last few months, blatant and frightening antisemitism has surfaced in Governor DeSantis' backyard that have not been met with appropriate response—from antisemitic activity at Disney World's entrance in Orlando to the Neo-Nazi appearance outside of the Turning Point USA Convention in Tampa, and now this past weekend's antisemitic activity at the Jacksonville stadium. The lack of proactive and swift condemnation is a disappointment.

"The zest with which Gov. DeSantis fights the antisemitic BDS movement is the same fervor we need for him to fight Jew-hatred stemming from the alt-right and neo-Nazi movements in his state."

According to the ADL, there were a number of antisemitic incidents in Florida over the past weekend.

This included an instance in which banners reading "Forget Ukraine, nuke Israel" and "End Jewish supremacy in America" were hung over Florida highways.

It also included signs in Weston being vandalized with swastikas, antisemitic language, and racist slurs against Black people.