Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has gone out of his way to denounce the apparent “weaponization” of government agencies, particularly in relation to the Democrats’ handling of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment.
According to DeSantis, the case against Trump was “very flimsy” and widespread corruption allegations against current President Joe Biden justify much more attention from the House. “You’re talking about really significant corruption, I’d say, with him and his family,” he said.
In addition to this, DeSantis implied that Vice President Kamala Harris’ presence acts as “impeachment insurance” for Biden—a reference to her lack of experience and competence. “That helps Biden, because she’s good impeachment insurance for him,” DeSantis concluded.
The most damning condemnation came when DeSantis took aim at the Democrats’ selective approach to investigations, noting the contrast between someone like Biden, who escapes consequences, and those like the parents who attended a school board meeting in Virginia, to whom the FBI responded “guns blazing.” “On the one hand it’s like, okay, there’s parents going to a school board meeting in Virginia — ‘let’s stick the FBI on them’ — that’s clearly an abuse, weaponization. But the flip side of that is when you’re connected to the ruling class, the D.C. ruling class, you know, you get away scot-free with stuff,” he said.
“So many things should’ve launched a really serious inquiry. You’re gonna go guns blazing on some of these offenses against people you don’t like, like a massive investigation. And this? Did you even send a subpoena out? Did you ever even go to a grand jury?” the governor quipped. “If you’re on the team, you get out of jail free.”
DeSantis’ comments reflect the corruptive overreach of certain Democratic politicians, with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris at the front of the line.
Where one group receives the full force of the FBI, another group of people who just happen to be in the ruling class gets away with snoop. This disparity points to the harsh truth that weaponizing government agencies has a certain political bias to it, and DeSantis suggests that Biden could use Kamala Harris as a safeguard against impeachment. It looks like justice isn’t blind after all.