Fresh off of his disastrous, Hindenburg-level campaign launch flameout, Florida's fascistic, book banning bigot Gov. Ron "Bootsie" DeSantis is desperately courting the extreme right represented by the MAGAts who engaged in seditious insurrection at the Capitol on January 6. On a right-wing radio show yesterday, DeSantis suggested the he'd consider pardoning the rioters, drawing a false equivalence with them to Black Lives Matter protesters, and that he'd look a pardoning the Malignant Loser for Federal crimes he's committed:
"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that, if elected president, he would consider pardoning some of those convicted on charges related to the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Hosts of the conservative 'The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show' asked DeSantis if he thinks Jan. 6 defendants 'deserve to have their cases examined by a Republican president,' and whether he would pardon former president Donald Trump if he were 'charged with federal offenses.' DeSantis said that on his first day in office, he would 'have folks that will get together and look at all these cases.'
'Now, some of these case, some people may have a technical violation of the law,' DeSantis said. 'But if there are three other people who did the same thing but just in a context, like [the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020] and they don’t get prosecuted at all, that is uneven application of justice, and so … we will use the pardon power.'” (our emphasis)
DeSantis was a bit more circumspect when asked whether he'd pardon the Malignant Loser for a variety of Federal crimes he's committed (he can't pardon him for state offenses), knowing that a hard "no" would offend the Malignant Loser's cult members whom he covets:
"Twice in the interview, DeSantis avoided directly answering questions on whether he’d pardon Trump but left open the possibility.
'I would say any example of this favored treatment based on politics, or weaponization, would be included in that review, no matter how small or how big,' the GOP presidential candidate said."
Political "weaponization" of law enforcement has become a favorite mantra of the corrupt, crime-committing Republican / Shooters / Sedition party, and a cynical defense for their criminality. It's not surprising that a desperate Bootsie would express that sentiment, placing him in the camp opposing law enforcement unless they're applying billy clubs to Black protesters' heads.
