by JACK MONTGOMERY
Ron DeSantis is getting ratioed on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) for his mealymouthed and opportunistic response to the latest indictment of Donald Trump by Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ). The Florida Governor attracted the ire of over 13,600 respondents at the time of publication, with the number of angry responses still ticking up by the minute.
DeSantis’s comments after the Trump indictment news were perceived as foolish at best, especially given the lawyer-turned-governor confessed he had not even read the indictment before releasing a statement:
As President, I will end the weaponization of government, replace the FBI Director, and ensure a single standard of justice for all Americans.
While I’ve seen reports, I have not read the indictment. I do, though, believe we need to enact reforms so that Americans have the right…
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) August 1, 2023
DeSantis also claimed in his comment: “Washington, DC is a ‘swamp’ and it is unfair to have to stand trial before a jury that is reflective of the swamp mentality.”
But the Florida governor has travelled to that very same swamp in the past few weeks, raising cash from the lawyers and lobbyists of Dominion Voting Systems.
Wait. You’re a LAWYER running for PRESIDENT & you couldn’t take a minute to read the docs, despite wanting to grift off this?
And DC is such a *swamp* you held fundraisers there last month in the law offices of Dominion Voting Systems’s lawyers?
You’re fucking gross, dude.
— Raheem. (@RaheemKassam) August 2, 2023
X (formerly Twitter) users scoffed at the idea that a self-proclaimed “Bush 41 fanboy” was a plausible candidate to take on the swamp, while others urged him to “take a f***ing stand” instead of claiming he had not read the indictment and hiding behind “soulless legalese”.
