Here’s the former Great Whitebread Hope still flailing around trying to prove that he’s just as much of an authoritarian monster as Donald Trump:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said in a Thursday interview that, if elected president, he would fire special counsel Jack Smith, who brought two indictments against former President Trump, on “day one” of his hypothetical term in office.
DeSantis made the case for why he was the best candidate to win the GOP nomination in 2024 in a Fox News interview with Jason Chaffetz. After referencing Trump’s legal battles in the upcoming year, DeSantis said he would be able to keep focused on holding people accountable, including Smith.
“I think that a guy like me as the nominee will be able to keep the focus on Biden, keep the focus on the Democrats’ failures,” DeSantis said, “but then, more importantly, after you win the election, start holding these people accountable, who have weaponized the legal system to go after their political enemies.”
“And that starts with day one, firing somebody like Jack Smith. That goes to dealing with people who are violating constitutional rights at the state and local government area,” he added.
I’m not sure what he thinks he’s doing these days but I don’t think this is going to convince anyone. The best guess is that he’s waiting to see if Trump falls face first into the omelette bar at Mar-a-lago before the convention and the party will be desperate for someone who is a much of a vengeful monster as he is.
Meanwhile, here’s the supposedly moderate choice (who happens to think the civil war was about freedom from big government) said yesterday:
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley says she would pardon former President Trump, if he were found guilty, saying that it wouldn’t be “in the best interest of the country” for him to be imprisoned.
So basically, Republicans all refuse to hold Trump or his henchmen accountable for what they’ve done but they promise to go after all of his political enemies on his behalf.
Who needs Trump?