{"id":2028743,"date":"2023-09-12T00:18:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T04:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-meets-with-9-11-families-at-ground-zero-demands-transparency-and-accountability-for-victims\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T00:21:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T04:21:44","slug":"desantis-meets-with-9-11-families-at-ground-zero-demands-transparency-and-accountability-for-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-meets-with-9-11-families-at-ground-zero-demands-transparency-and-accountability-for-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis meets 9\/11 families, seeks transparency and accountability for victims at Ground Zero."},"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\">26<\/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-meets-with-9-11-families-at-ground-zero-demands-transparency-and-accountability-for-victims%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=2028743&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>Republican\u2064 presidential candidate Ron \u200bDeSantis Pays Tribute\u200d to 9\/11 Victims at Ground Zero<\/h2>\n<p>On Monday, Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis visited Ground Zero in\u2064 New York City, where\u200b he had \u2064the opportunity\u2063 to speak \u2062with \u2062multiple\u2064 families who tragically lost their loved ones \u200dduring the devastating terrorist \u2063attacks on September 11,\u200d 2001.<\/p>\n<p>In a heartfelt statement released after the visit,\u2064 the Florida governor expressed his\u2064 deep honor to stand alongside these families on the 22nd anniversary of the \u200battack.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAnd now decades later, we as a nation \u2063still owe full transparency and accountability to these grieving families,\u201d he \u200dsaid passionately. \u2062\u201cYet too many politicians have broken past promises to them, and that is wholly unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis strongly \u2063condemned \u200bany \u2062potential\u2064 plea deals that \u200dfederal prosecutors might \u200dbe considering for the terrorists responsible\u2064 for the attacks. He\u2063 firmly believes that \u2063allowing them to avoid the harshest penalties and transparency would \u200cbe unconscionable,\u200d considering the\u200d immense loss inflicted by their \u200dheinous \u2064acts.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhile the Biden Administration has allegedly rejected \u200ca considered plea\u2062 deal\u2064 over the near-term, pressure must \u2063remain so that any way\u2063 forward includes public answers and\u200c maximum lawful punishment,\u201d he\u200b emphasized. \u201cAvoiding a public trial denies victims the justice\u2062 they deserve and allows\u200d others to evade scrutiny. I urge the administration to serve justice \u2062and \u2063send an\u2064 unequivocal message that \u2063such\u200d attacks on \u200cAmerican lives \u200dwill never go unanswered.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis also called upon President Joe Biden \u2063to make a public commitment to declassify the\u200c remaining Intelligence Community documents related to the planning \u200dand financing of 9\/11,\u200c while\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swedens-government-does-not-plan-to-hold-referendum-on-possible-nato-membership\/\" title=\"Sweden\u2019s Government Does Not Plan to Hold Referendum on Possible NATO Membership\">ensuring national security<\/a> is \u200dprotected.<\/p>\n<p>He \u200dhighlighted that although some material has \u2064been\u200d declassified \u2064in recent years, there is still much\u200b that has yet to be\u200b released. \u2064DeSantis vowed that if Biden\u2063 does\u2062 not take action, he will initiate the process himself if he becomes the next president.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAs President, I will demand from each agency that they provide a \u200ddetailed justification \u200dfor \u200bevery remaining\u2064 redaction,\u2063 and decide, \u200cin the interests of\u2063 transparency, whether the public\u200c interest \u200coutweighs any potential harm in disclosure before making declassification and public\u200d release decisions,\u201d he declared. \u201cI \u2063will end the federal government\u2019s decades-long abuse of the\u200d classification\u200d system and will strive to be the\u200c most transparent administration in U.S. \u200chistory.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Furthermore,\u200b DeSantis\u200c expressed \u2064his\u200d support for \u2064the Ensuring Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act, which \u200caims to\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-meets-with-9-11-families-at-ground-zero-demands-transparency-and-accountability-for-victims\/\" title=\"DeSantis meets 9\/11 families, seeks transparency and accountability for victims at Ground Zero.\">close loopholes \u200cpreventing victims&#8217; families<\/a> from holding\u2062 foreign sponsors of\u2064 terrorism accountable.<\/p>\n<p>As governor, DeSantis signed a bill into\u200b law that designates September 11 as a \u201c9\/11 Heroes\u2019 Day\u201d and mandates that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-5-ways-the-media-is-trying-to-mislead-you-on-critical-race-theory\/\" title=\"Here Are 5 Ways The Media Is Trying To Mislead You On Critical Race Theory\">public schools teach<\/a> a comprehensive\u200d account \u200dof the events of that day\u2062 and\u2062 the profound impact it had \u2062on the nation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This \u200bmorning, I joined families whose loved ones were murdered\u200d by\u2064 terrorists on 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>Together, we remembered.<\/p>\n<p>May\u200d the sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, wives, and husbands \u2062who lost their lives \u200con 9\/11 live forever in our memories. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WDxcslQ9ys\">pic.twitter.com\/WDxcslQ9ys<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200d Ron \u200bDeSantis\u2062 (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1701385488639156342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12,\u200d 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican candidate Ron DeSantis honored 9\/11 victims at Ground Zero, meeting with bereaved families. 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