{"id":1976165,"date":"2023-07-18T12:17:10","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T16:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-trump-should-have-come-out-more-forcefully-during-jan-6-capitol-riot\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T12:18:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T16:18:43","slug":"desantis-trump-should-have-come-out-more-forcefully-during-jan-6-capitol-riot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-trump-should-have-come-out-more-forcefully-during-jan-6-capitol-riot\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis: Trump should&#8217;ve been stronger on Jan. 6 Capitol riot."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-trump-should-have-come-out-more-forcefully-during-jan-6-capitol-riot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976165&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Gov. Ron\u2063 DeSantis\u200b Criticizes \u2062the\u2064 Criminalization of Politics<\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2064 (R-FL) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-are-playing-with-our-lives-local-residents-lash-out-at-biden-cancelling-keystone-xl\/\" title=\"\u2018They Are Playing With Our Lives\u2019: Local Residents Lash Out At Biden Cancelling Keystone XL\">recently spoke<\/a> out\u200c against the\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-taxpayer-funded-university-helped-china-make-economic-decisions\/\" title=\"Report: Taxpayer-Funded University Helped China Make \u2018Economic Decisions\u2019\">growing trend<\/a> of criminalizing\u2063 politics,\u200d while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/npr-admits-major-error-after-claiming-hunter-biden-laptop-reports-discredited\/\" title=\"NPR Admits Major Error After Claiming Hunter Biden Laptop Reports \u2018Discredited\u2019\">addressing questions<\/a> about the\u200d possibility of former President Donald Trump \u200dfacing a second federal\u2062 indictment.<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference on \u200cTuesday,\u2063 DeSantis revealed that\u2062 he had been \u200binformed \u2064about Trump \u200creceiving \u200ca target letter \u2062from \u2062Jack\u200b Smith, \u200bwho is involved \u200bin the special counsel&#8217;s\u2063 investigation into the\u200b Jan.\u2064 6 attack \u2063on the Capitol. However, he admitted that he\u200b had not \u200byet been\u2063 fully briefed\u200c on\u200d the details \u2062of this development.<\/p>\n<h3>Protecting\u200c the\u2063 Integrity of\u2063 Political\u2064 Differences<\/h3>\n<p>DeSantis\u200c expressed his \u200cconcerns about\u200b the dangerous \u200cpath\u200d of criminalizing \u2062political differences, \u2063stating, &#8220;What we&#8217;ve seen in this\u2063 country is an\u200b attempt to criminalize politics \u200dand to try to \u200ccriminalize\u2062 differences.&#8221; \u200cHe went on to \u2063highlight the politicization\u200b of\u200d institutions\u2064 like \u2064the \u200dFBI and\u2062 the Department of Justice, emphasizing how\u2064 they \u2062have been \u2062weaponized against\u200d American\u200b citizens.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis also \u2063mentioned \u200chis frustration with the perceived \u200bbias in the treatment\u2063 of Hunter Biden,\u200c stating that &#8220;he \u2063would \u200bhave\u2064 been in jail if he \u2063were Republican.&#8221; While \u2063acknowledging \u2064his concerns about the country&#8217;s\u2064 institutions, he did\u200d admit\u200c that Trump\u200b should\u2063 have taken \u2064a \u200cstronger stance \u200bduring the \u200dJan. \u20626 riot.<\/p>\n<h3>A \u2064Call\u2064 for\u200d Fairness and Unity<\/h3>\n<p>DeSantis emphasized the\u2064 importance of distinguishing \u2064between criminal charges\u2063 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seven-days-in-january-all-living-former-secretaries-of-defense-warn-trump-over-election-fight\/\" title=\"Seven Days in January? All Living Former Secretaries of Defense Warn Trump Over Election Fight\">political actions<\/a>, stating,\u200b &#8220;There&#8217;s \u200ba difference between being brought up\u2062 on \u200dcriminal \u2062charges \u2062and doing things \u2062like, for example, \u2062I think\u2063 was shown how \u200bhe \u200bwas in the White\u2064 House and didn&#8217;t do\u200b anything while things were\u2064 going\u200c on.&#8221; \u2064He\u2063 urged for\u2062 a \u2064fair\u200c and\u200d balanced \u2062approach, \u200bwhere one side does\u200b not \u200bconstantly seek to imprison \u2063the \u2063other.<\/p>\n<p>Trump himself confirmed earlier \u2063on\u200d Tuesday\u200b that he was the \u2063target\u2062 of Jack\u200d Smith&#8217;s investigation\u200c into the \u200devents of\u2063 Jan. 6.\u2062 He \u200cdescribed the special counsel as &#8220;deranged&#8221; and\u200b revealed \u200bthat he had \u2062been\u200c given four \u200cdays to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-trump-should-have-come-out-more-forcefully-during-jan-6-capitol-riot\/\" title=\"DeSantis: Trump should've been stronger on Jan. 6 Capitol riot.\">provide grand\u2063 jury\u2062 testimony<\/a> if\u200c he \u2064chose to \u200cdo so.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to \u200dbe\u2064 seen how\u200c this situation \u2064will unfold, but DeSantis&#8217; remarks shed light \u2062on the broader issue \u2064of criminalizing \u2064politics and\u2063 the \u200cneed for\u2064 unity in\u200b our\u2063 nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) condemned the politicization of law enforcement when asked about the possibility of a second federal indictment for former President Donald Trump. DeSantis mentioned that Trump had received a target letter related to the Jan. 6 attack investigation, but avoided further discussion on the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1976166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}