Ron DeSantis backs Joe Biden impeachment, wants feds to back off Donald Trump

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The Governor shared his thoughts on Fox News Tuesday night.

Ron DeSantis unsurprisingly is siding with House Republicans who are weighing whether to impeach President Joe Biden.

Biden may be impeached by the Republican-controlled House over alleged financial improprieties. For DeSantis, that’s appropriate given what he sees as a flimsy pretext for previous impeachments.

“They impeached Donald Trump for a phone call. Are you trying to tell me Biden’s conduct isn’t as significant as that? It’s way more significant. So they are absolutely within their rights to do that,” DeSantis said on Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime” Tuesday.

“I think the corruption that’s surrounding this family is really unprecedented in the modern history of our country and the lack of interest on this from the FBI and the Department of Justice, it shows you weaponization,” DeSantis added.

Speaking of Trump, DeSantis is claiming he doesn’t back yet another indictment of the former President over Jan. 6, as it doesn’t rise to the threshold of a “bona fide crime.”

“I don’t think it’s good for the country,” DeSantis told Watters.

“If somebody commits a bona fide crime, like you rob a bank or whatever, high or low in status in society, you know, we have a rule of law. But I think what they’re doing in this is they are taking some of these old statutes from like Reconstruction era (such as) violation of rights or conspiracy against rights and they’re stretching it to try to fit this conduct. And that’s not good prosecution, generally,” DeSantis lamented.

DeSantis’ nominally pro-Trump stance here comes after the former President’s campaign accused the Governor of having an “unholy alliance” with the Department of Justice, as he theoretically would benefit politically from Trump’s legal issues.

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. He writes for the New York Post and National Review also, with previous work in the American Conservative and Washington Times and a 15+ year run as a columnist in Folio Weekly. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski


13 comments

  • Igary salters

    July 26, 2023 at 8:44 am

    THE SO CALLED LAW AND ORDER PARTY SAY LET THE CRIMMINAL FORMER PRESIDENT GO AND INPEACH PRESIDENT BIDEN WHO HAVE NOT COMMITTED ANY CRIMES ENOUGH SAID

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  • Tjb

    July 26, 2023 at 9:38 am

    What are the Republicans plans for the climate, inflation, immigration, medicare and social security? They don’t have plans … so they create false issues to distract from their failure to address real issues.

  • Ocean Joe

    July 26, 2023 at 10:05 am

    As for impeaching Trump over a phone call…
    NOBODY has apparently ever actually read the Mueller report. It never cleared Trump, it states because he was president, it would not address whether or not he had committed a crime. Executive immunity shielded him, while others ended up in prison. Manafort.

    Bill Barr, who now admits what a disaster Trump is, torqued the findings infamously to come out with his letter following its release.

    As for the second impeachment, if siccing a mob on the Capitol to disrupt electoral vote proceedings in order to prevent the lawful transfer of power isn’t a high crime, what ever could be?

    • EPA

      July 26, 2023 at 3:32 pm

      Good knowing stuff OJ,
      Agree with you 100%.
      1.) The left knows they will spank Trump again.
      2.) The left knows The Ronald will spank whoever they run.
      Thanks OJ,
      Earl Pitts American

      • Beverly Brevity

        July 27, 2023 at 3:03 pm

        Earl, congratulations! You finally figured out a way to make your point with just a few choice words instead of your usual avalanche of poorly chosen words. Same result (same bullshit), easier to read! Good job!

  • Peggy

    July 26, 2023 at 10:35 am

    Impeached for what? Lowering inflation?

  • Josh Green

    July 26, 2023 at 10:46 am

    The party of Law and Order, everybody!

  • PeterH

    July 26, 2023 at 12:02 pm

    The threat of a Biden impeachment is nothing more than red meat for the MAGA nutcases. As previously stated ….. there is not a single Republican candidate on the 2024 Republican Klown Kar who can win the nomination without first pandering to the January 6th terrorist who stormed the Capitol. McCarthy is pandering….. he has no proof or evidence that Joe Biden was involved in a crime.

  • Joe

    July 26, 2023 at 12:18 pm

    It’s the 2024 GQP party platform!

  • Sonja Fitch

    July 27, 2023 at 10:35 am

    No one is above the law! Trump
    Hunter Biden and all of the others that believe they get to decide!

  • Dont Say FLA

    July 27, 2023 at 12:47 pm

    Rhonda whines how ““They impeached Donald Trump for a phone call.”

    Well, Rhonda, that phone call actually happened. There was evidence of that call. The evidence was submitted.

    Rhonda act like he doesn’t know how evidence works. What sort of law do they teach at Ivy League? Just the fancy contract stuff? Or the criminal law stuff? CRIMINAL lawyer, not criminal lawyer.

    Come up with some evidence that Joe Biden did something, submit your evidence, and you’ll impeachy in no time, Rhonda.

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