A.G. Gancarski
Military leaders aren’t in place to reject the Commander in Chief, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis.
At an infrastructure press conference, the Governor and former presidential candidate said President Donald Trump had the right to remove Generals who might oppose his agenda, while slamming the “bed-wetting” media that criticizes him.
Citing the decision to terminate the service of Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., who served as the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the chief of naval operations, DeSantis argued that “military officers have no right to indulge in institutional resistance.”
“They are pledged to support defend the Constitution, so obviously the directives have to be lawful. But if they disagree with a policy, they have no right to try to sabotage that policy. And if they’re not able to carry out those policies, then they should just find another line of work,” DeSantis said.
The Governor said noncompliant officers would meet with disapproval from “the Founding Fathers,” given “they were very concerned about (the) military being superior to civil authority.”
DeSantis also defended reductions in force elsewhere in the federal government as being constitutionally compliant, arguing that “removing some of these other folks in some of these other agencies” will ultimately be found by courts as a “valid” use of Article II powers from the executive branch. (The U.S. Constitution did not contemplate the expanded administrative state, so that will be subject to judicial interpretation ultimately.)
“We can’t have a situation where you have agencies that are able to just be free agents,” DeSantis said. “That means your liberty is not protected. We elect one President to oversee all that. That’s who these agencies need to be accountable to.”
16 comments
EARL PITTS AMERICAN
February 25, 2025 at 12:01 pm
Good afternoon America,
These Generals and the press better start kissing Ron& Casey’s butts ’cause they will be in The White House for the 2 terms following Trump.
Thank you America,
EARL PITTS AMERICAN
Victoria Olson
February 25, 2025 at 12:23 pm
the world hates them, there has NOT been a KING for 250 years, no one will be a king of FASCIST NAZI we refuse to kiss anyone’s ass especially when they REFUSE to follow the Constitution, That is Democracy, no wants wants a DICKTATOR. wannabe like DeSatan. They are acting like the damn MAFIA.
GeeWoo
February 25, 2025 at 1:07 pm
King? Dictator? How is the Constitution not being followed?
Your talking points ring hollow.
MH/Duuuval
February 25, 2025 at 9:40 pm
Peachy the Putin Poodle barfs.
PeterH
February 25, 2025 at 12:03 pm
Like Hitler in 1933, Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are installing unqualified but compliant puppet judges, puppet military leaders, puppet agency department heads and more. The media isn’t singularly focused on Generals….. like DeSantis is suggesting…… they’re focused on the entire cabal. Maybe DeSantis could express his thoughts on tens of thousands of emails sent to employees at every level of government asking them to detail last week’s work assignments when in fact Trump has ALREADY stacked the agency heads and ‘why can’t they manage employee reports!’….. and more importantly why the email was sent from a non-governmental email system??? Now the justice department is trying to determine if the emails have been leaked or compromised.
ScienceBLVR
February 25, 2025 at 12:27 pm
The Governor said noncompliant officers would meet with disapproval from “the Founding Fathers,”
So Ron speaks for the Founding Fathers now? Well, they did see fit to protect the right of the press, bed wetting or otherwise, right there in the very first amendment. I think their intention was to ensure that people were around to expose the hypocrisy, misinformation, and foolishness of politicians like Ron, who hopefully, will be looking for a new line of work very soon..
MH/Duuuval
February 25, 2025 at 10:06 pm
When are MAGAs going to start feeling the “little pain” promised by Trump and Musk that will be followed by eternal bliss?
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TruthBTold
February 25, 2025 at 1:05 pm
Yes, time to get off of the taxpayer’s dime and make some of your own!
MH/Duuuval
February 25, 2025 at 9:41 pm
Also Peachy the Putin Poodle barfing.
EARL PITTS AMERICAN
February 25, 2025 at 8:12 pm
Good evening America,
Everyone in our Great Nation is not tired of all the WINNING with Donald Trump. A full 75% of registared Democrats voted for Trump and most of the commenters here which are leaving “DOOK 4 BRAINS LEFTY” Comments are actually the same person.
MAGA:
Thank you America,
EARL PITTS AMERICAN
MH/Duuuval
February 25, 2025 at 9:49 pm
Trump can remove general officers, period. Neither of the top ranking officers removed has said a blessed word of protest.
What is obvious is how white and male are Trump’s appointments, strongly suggesting there is a Trump litmus test to earn his favor: White, Male, Servile.
So, out with DEI, and in with WMS.
LexT
February 26, 2025 at 8:18 am
Unless an order is unconstitutional the entire Executive Branch reports to the President. Full stop. If you cannot morally execute the order of the President, you are supposed to resign. Make a stink, if you think you are right, but resign. There should be zero “resistance” in the Executive Branch; only one person was elected.
MH/Duuuval
February 26, 2025 at 10:08 am
Important caveat: “Unless an order is unconstitutional”
MH/Duuuval
February 26, 2025 at 11:01 pm
Dee’s version of DOGE should start with all the unfilled jobs in Florida government. The salaries from these unfilled jobs apparently are fungal as they are being moved to underpaid ACTUAL employees.
MH/Duuuval
February 26, 2025 at 11:02 pm
fungible not fungal
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