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Ron DeSantis Is an Enemy of Democracy and the Rule of Law<!-- wp:html --><p>Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty/Retuers</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/a-ron-desantis-presidency-would-be-all-culture-war-nonsense">Ron DeSantis</a> doesn’t believe in the rule of law. Period. Full stop. And <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/desantis-says-hes-removing-state-attorney-andrew-warren-over-crime-thats-a-big-lie">he’s proven it over and over again</a>.</p> <p>The Florida governor’s <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/desantis-on-his-anti-woke-crusade-suspends-a-second-prosecutor?ref=home">suspension of the duly elected district attorney in Orlando</a> is just the latest attack on the fundamental freedoms that he is sworn to uphold. And this is no isolated incident.</p> <p>Unfortunately, it fits comfortably with his <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/ron-desantis-florida-is-too-anti-woke-to-teach-ap-psychology">authoritarian brand of partisan politics</a> that has sent shockwaves across <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-shady-backstory-of-floridas-outrageous-new-slavery-curriculum">Florida</a> and threatens the foundations of our Republic by subverting American democracy.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/ron-desantis-is-an-enemy-of-democracy-and-the-rule-of-law">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty/Retuers

Ron DeSantis doesn’t believe in the rule of law. Period. Full stop. And he’s proven it over and over again.

The Florida governor’s suspension of the duly elected district attorney in Orlando is just the latest attack on the fundamental freedoms that he is sworn to uphold. And this is no isolated incident.

Unfortunately, it fits comfortably with his authoritarian brand of partisan politics that has sent shockwaves across Florida and threatens the foundations of our Republic by subverting American democracy.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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