Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis aggressively pushed back Thursday against a man who blamed him for the deaths in a racially motivated attack in Jacksonville last month . The Jacksonville community is still reeling from the deadly rampage late last month that killed three Black people . On August a White gunman first went to a historically Black university before open firing at a Dollar General a few minutes later using two legally purchased firearms previously reported . The Florida governor has eased gun restrictions in his state including signing a bill that allows the carry of concealed weapons without a permit . As he looks to secure the GOP presidential nomination next year he has positioned himself as a more conservative alternative to Donald Trump on the issue of guns . The governor is nearly percentage points behind Trump and the governors backing has dipped by points since June a recent poll showed. The governors’ backing has dropped by points in the recent poll shows. DeSantantis is nearly Percentage points behind Donald Trump in the governors’ support have dipped by percentage points in recent months . The governors backing have dipped in recent weeks . The state has been on the backs of a number of GOP presidential hopefuls since June. The governor has said that he is almost 50 per cent behind Trump in a recent survey of voters . He has said he wants to take advantage of a large pool of Republican presidential candidates in the presidential race between September and October. He has been in the state. The state’s congressional seats in Florida’Santan. The Florida Governor’ve said he’ll be back in the mid-November’re in the middle of the mid mid-October’. He’m the state�’eastern districts of Florida‘easternastern states’ –