DeSantis Defends Pledge To “Slit The Throats” Of Feds

Florida Politics reports:

Florida’s Governor is defending language he used saying his presidency would “slit” throats of federal bureaucrats as simply “colorful” phrasing. During an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe“, Ron DeSantis said that the language was really meant to say he would hold federal employees “accountable.”

“I think people knew it was a figure of speech,” DeSantis said. “You’re being colorful at some of the stuff, but you basically, you need to bring in serious accountability.”

DeSantis rejected the idea that his phrasing could be seen as a call to violence. “I stand by what I said. I don’t think anyone could reasonably have taken that and acted like I’m somehow advocating anything other than robust political process and robust political accountability.”

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