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‘Totally off the rails’: DeSantis rips FBI’s Mar-a-Lago raid
NY Post ^ | August 15, 2022 | Selim Algar

Posted on 08/16/2022 7:13:17 AM PDT by Oak007

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized the FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago at a rally in Arizona, asserting that federal law enforcement agencies are being “weaponized” against political enemies.

Stumping for Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, DeSantis accused the department of having gone “totally off the rails” with its raid of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home.

“These agencies have now been weaponized to be used against people that the government doesn’t like,” DeSantis said. “And you look at the raid at Mar-a-Lago.” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis claimed at a rally in Arizona that federal agencies are being "weaponized" against political opponents. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis claimed at a rally in Arizona that federal agencies are being “weaponized” against political opponents. AP

The GOP firebrand and potential 2024 presidential nominee then listed instances where he believed the FBI engaged in politically motivated activity or inaction.

DeSantis said the FBI did not probe Hillary Clinton’s server but promoted the “false conspiracy theory” that Trump had colluded with Russia.

He also asserted that the agency was “sicced on parents going to school board meetings,” apparently referring to a Virginia mom’s claim in October related to her and other parents’ protest of a school board meeting.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: Florida; US: New York
KEYWORDS: arizona; creepstate; deepstate; desantis; florida; hehad2say; karilake; laughinginside; magawithdesantis; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkpost; policestate; rondesantis; secretlypleased; selimalgar; singlepartystate
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I'm sure the Justice Department their eye on DeSantis.
1 posted on 08/16/2022 7:13:17 AM PDT by Oak007
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To: Oak007
I suspect that the focus groups DeSantis relies on told his handlers that his silence on the gestapo raid wasn't looking very good for him. It took him days to be outraged.
2 posted on 08/16/2022 7:17:42 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (Germans are bat-crap crazy for cold showers, high energy bills, and boiled turnips.)
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To: wildcard_redneck

Why would you jump to that conclusion?


3 posted on 08/16/2022 7:19:44 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: Oak007

This is spiraling rapidly. The Left sicks the FBI on their enemies, their enemies point out and complain that the FBI is being turned into a State Police, the FBI investigates those pointing this out, and on and on.

Something is going to give here. In the past, the FBI would back off proclaiming that the critics were just being paranoid. Now? The FBI doubles down and gives ammo to the critics, no longer caring if you know what they are doing and no longer caring if it is wrong.


4 posted on 08/16/2022 7:21:04 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: Oak007

Sundance will trash Deaantis anyway.

Constantly amazed at the blatant attempts here, and everywhere, to drive a wedge between those two friends. Divide and conquer, eh?

Don’t. Fall. For. It.


5 posted on 08/16/2022 7:23:46 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Putin is behaving rationally.The war is on Biden and Obama. )
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To: wildcard_redneck

I think in the end, he figured out that silence was not helping him overall, only hurting him, so he spoke out.

There was an article about his silence by Sundance (At The Conservative Tree House) that illustrated the peril. Sundance is no squishy Conservative that I can tell, but he condemned the silence and began assigning possible motives to the silence.

Some people here took exception to it, but I understand the dynamic there. Saying nothing only engenders infighting.

Better that he come out and opine on it. Everyone knows DeSantis is a conservative, but because of that apparent mantle, his silence only invited speculation IMO.


6 posted on 08/16/2022 7:24:01 AM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: FlipWilson

It is a train wreck in slow motion. There might be half of the FBI who believe the other half has destabilized the organization and made it a political tool. But you can’t allow the mechanism to continue to exist. It has to be broken up and probably a quarter of their force given permanent exit papers.

There’s a massive period in 2025 for four years where the whole DC structure will be taken part.


7 posted on 08/16/2022 7:24:20 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: wildcard_redneck

I might be wrong, but I believe DeSantis spoke out against the raid on the day it happened.


8 posted on 08/16/2022 7:24:42 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: Oak007
Maybe the FBI isn't off the rails. Perhaps we should take another look at just where these rails are leading.

It isn't the Democrats. Joe and Nancy are completely incompetent.

It's The Establishment...the permanent government, the Deep State.

That's who's in charge.

9 posted on 08/16/2022 7:24:48 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Oak007

Not just the Justice Department, but the entirety of the radical leftist apparatus. You just know they are developing plans to launch on the day he comes down the escalator in July 2024 or July 2028.


10 posted on 08/16/2022 7:24:54 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“May your neighbors respect you, trouble neglect you, angels protect you and heaven accept you”)
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To: Oak007

I absolutely guarandamntee that the dems have already ordered the fbi to find or fabricate something on De Santis. The usual stable of whores is waiting for the signal, and then they will release their invented story to the media and collect their untraceable payment.


11 posted on 08/16/2022 7:24:55 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Damn it! We need Trump! America First! Bring America back! We're being governed by fascists.)
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To: wildcard_redneck

“I suspect that the focus groups DeSantis relies on told his handlers...”

What a line of bs you just spewed. I suspect you don’t know Ron. Because you’re dead wrong.


12 posted on 08/16/2022 7:25:15 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Putin is behaving rationally.The war is on Biden and Obama. )
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To: wildcard_redneck

He said something right after it happened. No point in getting chatty about it.


13 posted on 08/16/2022 7:25:45 AM PDT by madison10
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To: Allegra

You are correct.


14 posted on 08/16/2022 7:26:28 AM PDT by madison10
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To: rlmorel

Sundance is a self-appointed Guardian of All Things Trump. He goes off the rails and sees plots where there are none.

And he has a weird vendetta against Ron. He’s flat out wrong.


15 posted on 08/16/2022 7:27:34 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Putin is behaving rationally.The war is on Biden and Obama. )
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To: Mr. K

You know the reason…


16 posted on 08/16/2022 7:29:19 AM PDT by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Carry On!)
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To: wildcard_redneck

“It took him days to be outraged.”

Wrong !!!

Monday August 8, 2022:

“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday evening criticized the FBI raid into former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort and home.

DeSantis said the search was politically motivated, claiming the Biden administration was using federal agencies to target its rivals.”

“The raid of MAL is another escalation in the weaponization of federal agencies against the Regime’s political opponents, while people like Hunter Biden get treated with kid gloves,” DeSantis wrote on Twitter.

DO YOUR HOMEWORK !!!!


17 posted on 08/16/2022 7:30:08 AM PDT by Oak007
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To: Mr. K
"Why would you jump to that conclusion?"

Uhm, maybe because it took the Santa's five days to condem the criminal raid?

18 posted on 08/16/2022 7:30:24 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (Germans are bat-crap crazy for cold showers, high energy bills, and boiled turnips.)
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To: FlipWilson

I think the answer is obvious and Laura Ingraham gave it away....

We are now told that the country has “Trump fatigue” and voters want another candidate because they are tired of hearing about Trump.

It factored into the 2020 election too..... voters wanted a change from the constant hysterics of the left and newspapers coast to coast. Many people are exhausted with the news and the news is a constant flurry of “Trump this” or “Trump that”.

Psychology 101.

The left can use every organ they control (they control most of them) to wear down the sheeple AND keep the focus on the accusations against Trump (and his supporters) while ignoring inconvenient stories like the economy or their own scandals.

This appears to be the final strategy going into November. Progandized agitprop.


19 posted on 08/16/2022 7:30:27 AM PDT by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: FlipWilson

My best guess is @19

People are worn out with the constant drama and even blame Trump for much of it when it is a coordinated effort by the left.


20 posted on 08/16/2022 7:33:06 AM PDT by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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