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The Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando will receive money from the state to bolster security measures after Neo-Nazis marched in Central Florida last weekend.

They were part of a group that was waving Nazi flags and yelling slurs on Alafaya Trail in East Orlando.

On this week's Florida Roundup, we discussed Gov. Ron DeSantis' reaction to separate incidents in Orlando and Miami, and a trial that got underway this week over the state’s new voting law.

"Any leader in a position of political power should immediately condemn anti-Semitism wherever it occurs," she said. For that reason, she says Gov. Ron DeSantis "should have just immediately condemned it."

Since the pandemic began, there have been thousands of reports of hate crimes and incidents of harassment directed at Asian Americans across the country.

A recent study shows Florida has the second-highest number of known hate groups in the country. We put a spotlight on why the Sunshine State harbors so much hate.