2y ago

Ron DeSantis promises authoritarian purge of FBI his first day in office if he becomes president

www.telegraph.co.uk

Ron DeSantis: I’ll purge FBI on day one of my presidency

Republican hopeful pledges to ensure the FBI and Department of Justice are full of loyalists if he wins the White House in 2024

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2y ago

Ron DeSantis: I’ll purge FBI on day one of my presidency

www.telegraph.co.uk /world-news/2023/06/17/us-elections-ron-desantis-plans-reduction-fbi/

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saw title, thought it meant abolishing the fbi, clicked, read the description, turns out it means replacing the people with party loyalists
ffs
- Worse in my opinion. This is the kind of crap dictators like Putin do.
  
  it'd be good if they actually abolished the three letter agencies. agreed that this is a worse outcome.
If I'm elected president I promise to purge the authoritarians on day one.
i hate how they weaponized the fbi. its a real tragedy. the perfect example is when they announced an investigation into a political candidate days before votes were to be cast.
The party of law & order, everyone.
- "Law and order" is a dogwhistle that means, "Maintaining existing hierarchies using the power of the state". Sundown towns are law and order.
  Rule of law is when the laws apply equally to everyone. The red team despises this: "There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
Yes, and the previous asshole promised they were going to build a wall and that Mexico was going to pay for it... "...but I promised them, Enrique. I promised them".
The previous asshole also said he was going to "LOCK HER UP! LOCK HER UP! LOCK HER UP...!"
What else is new in Red Meat Labs today? Directed at idiots who have the memory retention of a fruit fly?
Much prefer if he abolishes the ATF, or at least removes them from everything firearm related.
- Oh he'd probably do that. Sounds right up his alley! To save money on rebranding he might name it, Alcohol, Tobacco, and FreedomFlights. That way they can still be called, "the ATF".
  They can continue to raid people's homes but now with extraordinary renditions and torture; just the way DeSantis likes it.
  
  Man you people really do live in an alternate reality huh?
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Can he just purge all of the alphabet agencies? Start with the FBI but follow right up with the ATF. Nothing of value would be lost.
- The best possible choice for a purging is probably the NSA and the NRA.
  
  The NRA is a lobbying organization, not a governmental one.
- Well, while I'd be happy to get rid of NSA and co. I'd not be happy to lose FDA. The world would be quite worse without it
  
  The FDA? You mean the poster child for regulatory capture? From the NPR A Look At How The Revolving Door Spins From FDA To Industry. From Cambridge University Corrosive Capture? The Dueling Forces of Autonomy and Industry Influence in FDA Pharmaceutical Regulation

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