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Stephanie Slade

DeSantis Complains About the Weaponization of State Power. He Should Reexamine His Own Record.

"You can't have one faction of society weaponizing the power of the state against factions that it doesn't like," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told the North Carolina Republican Party on Friday night. That's absolutely true. It's a shame he has spent much of the past year flouting that injunction himself.

DeSantis was evidently referring to the recent indictment of former President Donald Trump over the classified documents Trump allegedly removed to his home in Florida and then refused to return. "Hillary had the emails," DeSantis also said during his speech. "Is there a different standard for a Democrat secretary of state vs. a former Republican president?"

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