{"id":1976397,"date":"2023-07-18T15:54:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T19:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-claims-trump-should-have-come-out-more-forcefully-during-jan-6\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T15:56:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T19:56:18","slug":"desantis-claims-trump-should-have-come-out-more-forcefully-during-jan-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-claims-trump-should-have-come-out-more-forcefully-during-jan-6\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis says Trump should&#8217;ve been stronger on Jan. 6."},"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\">18<\/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-claims-trump-should-have-come-out-more-forcefully-during-jan-6%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=1976397&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--><div\u200c class=\"post_content\">\n\u200b  <\/p>\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\"\u200b data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0718\/6df6f8c6-02f2-4445-b7e7-b83376ae3e06\/audio.mp3?length=3544749&#038;duration=295\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>  \u200d<\/p>\n<h2>Florida \u2062Governor Calls for \u200dStronger \u200dAction \u200dfrom Trump During Capitol Breach<\/h2>\n<p>Florida Gov.\u200d Ron \u200bDeSantis expressed his\u200b belief that former President \u200cDonald Trump should have\u2063 taken more decisive\u2063 action \u200dduring the Jan. 6, 2021,\u200b Capitol breach. This\u200b comes\u2064 after Trump\u200c revealed that he had \u2062received \u2064a target letter to appear\u200c at \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-claims-trump-should-have-come-out-more-forcefully-during-jan-6\/\" title=\"DeSantis says Trump should've been stronger on Jan. 6.\">grand\u200b jury investigation related<\/a> to the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>Trump \u2064shared on his\u200c Truth Social platform, &#8220;Special\u200c counsel\u200b Jack \u200dSmith sent a\u200b letter (again, \u200cit \u200cwas \u200cSunday night!)\u2064 stating that I am a TARGET of \u200dthe January 6th\u2064 Grand \u2064Jury \u200dinvestigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u200c  <\/p>\n<p>Reacting to\u2063 this development, \u2064Gov. \u200bDeSantis stated \u2062during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-seeks-new-bipartisan-sanctions-against-china-over-fentanyl\/\" title=\"Schumer aims for bipartisan sanctions on China for fentanyl.\">press \u2062conference<\/a> \u2063in \u2063Columbia, South\u200c Carolina, &#8220;I think it was\u2063 shown \u200bhow he was in the\u2062 White House \u2064and \u2063didn&#8217;t \u2064do anything while \u2063things \u200dwere\u200d going on.\u2062 He \u2062should\u2064 have come \u200bout more forcefully.&#8221; \u2063He later added that \u2063this incident is another \u200cexample of the \u2062federal \u2064bureaucracy and the Department\u200b of \u2062Justice\u2064 (DOJ) \u2064weaponizing\u200c against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-manages-to-trigger-leftists-by-doing-something-millions-of-americans-do-every-year\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Manages To Trigger Leftists by Doing Something Millions of Americans Do Every Year\">political opponents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But\u2064 to try to\u200c criminalize \u2064that, that&#8217;s\u2064 a different \u2062issue entirely,&#8221; DeSantis\u200c emphasized\u2063 regarding \u2064Trump&#8217;s actions\u200d on Jan.\u2064 6. \u2064&#8221;We\u200c want to \u2062be in \u200ba situation \u200dwhere you \u2062don&#8217;t have\u2064 one \u200bside\u2063 constantly \u200btrying \u2063to put\u200b the other\u200d side in \u200cjail,\u2063 and that unfortunately is \u200dwhat we&#8217;re seeing \u2063now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Controversy Surrounding DeSantis&#8217;\u2063 Remarks<\/h3>\n<p>Gov. DeSantis&#8217; \u200ccomments\u200c about Trump&#8217;s\u200c alleged \u200binactivity \u200bon \u2063Jan. 6 are\u200b expected to draw criticism from the \u200dformer\u200c president, who \u2063currently\u200b holds\u200b a significant lead \u2062over\u2062 DeSantis in polls. \u200dConservative commentators\u200b on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-kind-of-a-jerk-carlson-mocks-implosion-of-2-gop-hopefuls-during-interview-with-beck\/\" title=\"Carlson ridicules downfall of 2 GOP candidates in chat with Beck\">social \u200cmedia<\/a>\u200b have\u2062 already criticized DeSantis\u2063 for his\u2064 claim, suggesting it\u200d may harm his chances\u2063 in\u2062 the \u20632024\u200b election.<\/p>\n<p>\u2063 \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>DeSantis\u2063 previously addressed \u200bthe Jan. 6 incident\u200c when asked \u2062about \u2064it \u200blast \u2063month in \u2063New\u200d Hampshire.\u200b &#8220;I wasn&#8217;t\u2062 anywhere near \u2063Washington \u200dthat day. \u200dI have \u2062nothing to do\u2062 with what happened,&#8221; he \u200cstated. &#8220;Obviously, I\u2064 didn&#8217;t enjoy seeing \u2064what happened. But\u200c we \u200dhave \u2064to go forward. \u2063We\u2062 cannot be looking backwards and be \u200bmired \u2062in the past.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Both the White\u2064 House\u2063 and the DOJ\u2064 have chosen\u2062 not to comment on Trump&#8217;s announcement\u2062 of\u200d receiving\u2063 a target letter\u2064 for \u200bthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-doj-sent-him-target-letter-in-january-6-probe-signaling-he-is-about-to-be-indicted\/\" title=\"Trump claims DOJ sent him target letter in Jan 6 probe, hinting at imminent indictment.\">grand\u200b jury \u200cinvestigation<\/a>\u200b into\u2063 the 2020 \u2063election. When asked about the letter,\u2063 Special Counsel Jack Smith \u200cdeclined \u2064to\u200b comment \u200bat\u200d a\u2062 Subway \u2063fast-food restaurant in \u2064Washington.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>Despite\u200d Trump&#8217;s legal challenges, his \u2062popularity\u2062 among Republican\u200b voters\u2062 remains \u2062strong. He continues to lead \u2063in opinion polls, \u2063and his Republican rivals have\u2063 largely\u2063 supported \u200chim\u2063 in the face of ongoing criminal \u200bprobes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5324718\"\u200d style=\"width: 600px\"\u200c class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\u2064 \u2064   <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/09\/id5324718-Jack-Smith-GettyImages-1258564645-1200x800.jpg\"><br \/>\n \u200c\u200c  \u2062  \u200b\u200d<figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u200b  \u200d<\/a><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>Several\u2062 weeks ago, \u2064Trump\u2064 was\u2062 charged by\u2063 Jack Smith&#8217;s \u2062office\u200d for allegedly \u2064mishandling classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago\u200c estate,\u2064 which was subject \u200cto \u200can FBI \u2062raid in August 2022.\u200b The former\u2063 president \u200dhas \u200bpleaded \u2064not guilty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized Donald Trump for not being assertive enough during the Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021. DeSantis made the comment after Trump revealed he received a target letter to attend a grand jury investigation on the 2020 election. Special counsel Jack Smith sent a letter, even on a Sunday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":1976398,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/1976397","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\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}