williams thursday, august, 30, 2018 cell phone: 202-430-0125 email: algreenpress@ congressman al green's statement on bigoted 'monkey this up' comments made by florida republican gubernatorial candidate (houston, tx) - on thursday, august 30, 2018, congressman al green released the following statement regarding the racist comments made by u.s. representative ron desantis (fl-06), republican candidate in florida's gubernatorial race: "i love my country, and my love of country will not allow me to remain silent when there is a moral imperative to speak up and stand up for the great ideals america stands for. "the 'monkey this up' comments made by congressman ron desantis aren't just harmful to any one state or group of people. 