DeSantis: You're not king of Florida (Editorial)

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Tampa Bay Times via Yahoo News

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ suspension Thursday of Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren was politically craven, legally suspect, suspiciously timed and odorously soaked in autocracy, partisanship and bad faith — in other words, completely in keeping with this governor’s behavior. Warren should not have provided DeSantis a narrow opportunity to exploit. But that doesn’t excuse the governor’s gross abuse of power, his contempt for Hillsborough voters or his disregard for due process.

DeSantis announced during a staged appearance in Tampa that he had suspended Warren for failing to prosecute certain crimes. The governor’s 10-page order is a political smear job, full of what-ifs and supposition that would be laughed out of court.

The Republican governor accused Warren, a Democrat, of putting himself “above the law” by signing statements that he would not enforce laws prohibiting gender-affirming care for minors or laws limiting abortion. No matter that Florida has no such gender-affirming law for Warren to prosecute — or not prosecute. Warren joined 91 other attorneys general and district attorneys around the country in signing a statement in June declaring they would “decline” to prosecute “reproductive health decisions.” But DeSantis cited no example of Warren having declined to prosecute an actual case. Who gets punished for acts they don’t commit?

DeSantis’ enemies in DeSantis’ Florida — that’s who.

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1. Florida really needs to wake up and vote this authoritarian out of office! n/t

[KPN]

2. This guy's tfg on steroids. He needs gone.

[Chainfire]

3. He pretty much is the King of Florida and he is trying to goose step his way to Washington.

He doesn't give a damn about who he stomps on to get there. These Fascist know that they have to have the deplorables strongly on their side to win, and he is making points with them. Unlike Trump, he is smart enough to know what he is doing, he is just the essence of evil. He sees himself as the charismatic leader that can separate our government from Democracy.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. DeathSantis wants to be a dictator

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5. This Hitler wannabe is trailing in the polls...

Just barely behind Charlie Crist but a long way to go. He does some new nazi shit every day. Nobody has anything positive to say about him. We'll see.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Ron DeSantis and Flor-i-duh Republicans want the Bible taught in public schools

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