Reuters
Facing a struggling campaign for the Republican nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday made the attention-grabbing move of suspending a democratically elected state prosecutor for being too forgiving on crime—the second such power grab.
The executive order suspending Orlando-area prosecutor Monique Worrell cites “neglect of duty” and “incompetence,” and is part of the presidential hopeful’s anti-woke crusade.
“Worrell’s practices and policies have too often allowed violent criminals to escape the full consequences of their criminal conduct, thereby endangering the innocent civilians of Orange and Osceola counties,” the governor’s office said in a statement.