Ron DeSantis Sets Off Firestorm - Conservatives Furious With His Comments On Trump Indictment

Hey ladies and gentlemen, this is Carmine Sabia for Explain America, and Governor Gavin

Newsom of the great state of Florida, he set off a firestorm today when he responded to

the indictment of former President Donald Trump, or the pending indictment of former

President Donald Trump on federal charges from Special Prosecutor Jack Smith. Before we get started, please ladies and gentlemen remember to like, share, comment, and subscribe

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So DeSantis was actually talking about military readiness, and giving a military-style speech

basically to a group of people, to an audience, a military-friendly audience, when all of

a sudden, news broke about the indictment of Donald Trump, and DeSantis had to give

off-the-cuff remarks. His response infuriated the fans of former President Trump. But I want you to take a look at the video and see if you would also be infuriated by

it, or if you understand what he's saying. Let's take a look

First, you mentioned in your earlier answer, you talked about the criminalization of politics

but you also mentioned it wasn't about whether it's right or wrong. Do you think that former President Trump's actions were wrong on January 6th, and separately

do you think that gay and transgender people should serve openly in the military on a separate topic

The second one, we said we're not going to do the transgender or the gender ideology

and that's a mission readiness. That had been the policy prior to Biden

He's changed it. He's included the sex change and all that. So we're going to go back to pre-Biden on the gender ideology for that

So look, there's a difference between being brought up on criminal charges and doing things

For example, I think it was shown how he was in the White House and didn't do anything

while things were going on. He should have come out more forcefully. Of course that

But to try to criminalize that, that's a different issue entirely. And I think that we want to be in a situation where you don't have one side just constantly

trying to put the other side in jail. And that, unfortunately, is what we're seeing now

So there's, again, I just, someone had whispered this to me, so I'm sure I'll have a chance

to look at this in the future, depending on the developments. But I know what I was going to do. Okay

Well, thank you all. It's great to be here. God bless everyone

And let's get this military back to focusing on mission first. Thank you

Now the edited version is only 15 seconds, and that's the one that's taken fire across

the internet. And that just shows him saying that Trump should have responded more forcefully on January 6th

But it doesn't go into detail where he actually talks about, he thinks the Justice Department

is being weaponized, and the criminalization of political opponents is a very dangerous precedent

Now this is something, of course, that I think is going on. I think the ultimate goal here is to stop Donald Trump from becoming president of the United States

And I believe if Trump was not trying to become president of the United States again, these

cases would not be happening. You have to understand, if Trump is convicted here by a Washington, D.C. jury, Washington

D.C. is a place where 95 or more percent of the population vote Democrat

So if he's convicted by a D.C. jury of anything involving sedition or insurrection, he cannot

legally be president of the United States. So a lot of this, to a lot of people, seems like this is just a ploy to get him out of

the White House, or to get him from getting back to the White House

But what I want to know is what you guys think of DeSantis' comments

Are you infuriated by them? Or do you think they were taken out of context, and then looking at it in the full one-minute

video context, you understand what he's saying? I disagree with him that Trump could have been more forceful

He said before the protest that he wanted people to be peaceful and respect law enforcement

He never advocated for violence, which is why I think these charges are ridiculous to

begin with. But I want to know your opinion on DeSantis' comments, and I also want to know what you

think of the whole case. So please let me know that in the comments

Also again, remember to like, share, and subscribe. Once again, I'm Carmine Sabia

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