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On the recordAugust 9, 2023
We had a prosecutor in Orlando. She wouldn't prosecute cases. She's putting people out back on the street. And this one guy shot two police officers because he should have been in jail, and he's out there. So I removed her from her post. I'm not going to just sit there and take that.
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Ron DeSantis
Republican · Florida

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Ron DeSantis justifies the removal of a Democratic prosecutor, claiming she failed to prosecute cases leading to violent crime.

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