Guilty.
Posted on 12/31/2023 3:15:46 PM PST by chickenlips
In a Saturday Town Hall in Laconia, New Hampshire, Florida Governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis called out former President Donald J. Trump for his post on Truth Social saying the FBI should stay in D.C. and be given a "new and spectacular building."
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It appears that DeSantis is intent on bringing the necessary fire to his opponents ahead of the January 23 primary in the state. DeSantis was joined by Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, who introduced him and gave his reasons why he endorses DeSantis for President. The rest of the Town Hall and the governor's response to questions are worth a listen as he defines what leadership looks like.
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DeSantis took to X and posted this to reinforce his salvo:
Donald Trump failed to drain the swamp so perhaps it is not surprising that he is seeking to deepen the swamp by building a massive new FBI building in DC.
Actually draining swamp requires taking power out of DC, not cementing power inside DC. https://t.co/Hu136bU5MI
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) December 30, 2023
He's not wrong. It's possible Trump is simply flame-throwing and attempting to use sarcasm to reinforce the point that the FBI needs to concentrate on actual crime. But advocating to leave the headquarters in D.C. and give them a new building, comes off as short-sighted and a bit tone-deaf; especially in light of Trump's own troubles with the federal law enforcement agency. A decentralized FBI would probably not have implemented the orders to raid Mar-a-Lago over the supposed misuse of classified documents. Too much political power and influence is deeply embedded in an agency that is supposed to be the law enforcement arm of the United States and separate from any political influence.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
I think Trump was being sarcastic..the best thing for the UN and the FBI building is for both to be burned to the ground
Trump suckers DeSanctus into discussing Trump - yet again!
And DeSactus and his (low-T) supporters don’t see what he did - again!
He was absolutely being sarcastic, telling the FBI to stay in Washington, and deal with the excessive crime there. Not run away to a distant location and pretend the crime doesn't exist.
“He was absolutely being sarcastic, telling the FBI to stay in Washington, and deal with the excessive crime there. Not run away to a distant location and pretend the crime doesn’t exist.”
That is how I understand it.
“I think Trump was being sarcastic..the best thing for the UN and the FBI building is for both to be burned to the ground”
No. In it’s in his agenda 47. In addition to “make America great again” Trump vows to “make D.C. great again”.
Likewise, instead of getting rid of the Department of Ed Trump proposes a whole new federal education agenda he calls “The American Acaddemy” - as if the GOP could ever keep control of any federal program.
Many other Trump proposals are “big Federal government Republican/Populist” and not Conservative.
LOL....DeSwampus is still attempting town halls?
Guilty.
Lock the FIB in their current building.
Drain it.
No Ron. You don't take a federal police force and spread it out of DC.
That's how you further empower the swamp by infecting the rest of the country with the unconstitutional powers of a federal police force.
Yes. That was a dumb thing to say. I would think Trump of all people would understand the need to move the FBI out of DC into a tiny storefront in Idaho.
Sarcastic or maybe bribing the FBI to stay out of the Election Management business? I hope it was the first but will go along with the second.
Trump supporters aren't so stupid as to be confused by things he might say to throw his enemies off balance.
Trump-haters at FR on the other hand...
“”” FBI should stay in D.C. and be given a “new and spectacular building”””
Trump is likely following the old rule: “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer”
“Maybe Trump should change his slogan to “Make Swamps Spectacular Again”?”
Redstate headline crap and it will be nice in a few weeks when Jim zots obnoxious Trump-hating homo creeps like you.
I see the Trans-Republicans have no life but to puff up Harvard Ron.. Cruz bots are cray cray for the Harvard brand.
Is Trump a trans Republican? I ask because he fully funded the FIBBERS new HQ as POTUS.
...it will be nice in a few weeks when Jim zots obnoxious Trump-hating homo creeps like you.
Is that the plan? Why wait? Where's the list of Trump-hating homo creeps?
The J6 gulag was created by the corrupt FBI. Trumps supports them, Disney groomers, big pharma and his presidential commendation winner Fauci.
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