{"id":2249,"date":"2023-03-24T12:14:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T17:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2249"},"modified":"2023-03-24T12:14:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T17:14:14","slug":"gaetz-desantis-should-be-standing-in-the-breach-to-protect-trump-from-soros-backed-da","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2249","title":{"rendered":"Gaetz: \u2018DeSantis Should Be Standing In The Breach\u2019 To Protect Trump From Soros-Backed DA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-110-1024x538.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-2250\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-110-1024x538.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-110-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-110-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-110-770x404.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-110-293x154.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-110-390x205.png 390w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-110.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Matt Gaetz says Florida Governor Ron DeSantis shouldn\u2019t allow Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who received funding from billionaire financier George Soros, to stage what many see as the politically motivated arrest of 45th President Donald Trump, who remains a resident of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Florida politician said DeSantis should act to stop any sort of extradition of Trump, who may be arrested due to 2016 \u201chush money\u201d payments in an unprecedented move by Bragg and his office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf I were Governor of Florida, I would not allow any Floridian to be hauled before a Soros-backed prosecutor in a blue city over politics. I wouldn\u2019t make an exception to not protect the President of the United States,\u201d Gaetz told News Nation in a clip he later posted online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDeSantis should be standing in the breach to stop any sort of extradition of President Trump from the state of Florida,\u201d said Gaetz. \u201cThe fact that he\u2019s not doing so puts every Floridian at risk who could be the subject of a false allegation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If I were Governor of Florida, I would not allow any Floridian to be hauled before a Soros-backed prosecutor in a blue city over politics. I wouldn\u2019t make an exception to not protect the President of the United States. <br><br>Ron DeSantis should be standing in the breach to stop any\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jeuzxKCiGB\">pic.twitter.com\/jeuzxKCiGB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMattGaetz\/status\/1638536113412251649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the face of a potential arrest, President Trump remains critical of the Florida Governor and potential 2024 Republican challenger for \u201cnot working for the people of Florida as he should be\u201d and being \u201ctoo busy chatting\u201d with Piers Morgan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile I am fighting against Radical Left Lunatics, Persecutors, and unfair Prosecutors who want to destroy us all, Ron DeSanctimonious is not working for the people of Florida as he should be, he is too busy chatting with a Ratings Challenged TV Host from England, desperately trying to rescue his failing Campaign\u2014But it\u2019s my fault, I put him there!\u201d the former president wrote in a Truth Social post on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/110068283590834509\/embed\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/110068283590834509\/embed\" class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s remarks come after DeSantis was widely perceived by Trump supporters to be publicly abandoning the former president over the pending arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked if he would have any role in attempting to prevent Trump\u2019s extradition to New York if charges are brought against him,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/valiantnews.com\/2023\/03\/no-interest-desantis-laughs-off-looming-trump-arrest-not-a-real-issue\/\">DeSantis claimed he had \u201cno interest\u201d in the matter<\/a>, laughing it off as not a \u201creal issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ron DeSantis is asked about a possible Trump indictment. He immediately blasts the Manhattan DA as a &quot;Soros-funded prosecutor.&quot; But then he also says, &quot;look, I don&#39;t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g63X2U3xlk\">pic.twitter.com\/g63X2U3xlk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/1637826603978838016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since DeSantis\u2019 remarks about Trump\u2019s potential criminal challenge, the Florida Governor has seen his poll numbers drop to lows&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/3910294-desantis-sees-lowest-level-of-support-since-december-in-new-poll-trails-trump-by-28-points\/\">unseen since December<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFlorida Gov.&nbsp;Ron DeSantis&nbsp;(R) received just 26 percent support in the latest GOP presidential poll from Morning Consult \u2014 the lowest number he\u2019s hit in the survey since December,\u201d reported The Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDeSantis, who has not entered the GOP primary but is expected to do so, trailed former President Trump, who won 54 percent, by 28 percentage points in the new poll published on Tuesday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bragg, the local New York DA overseeing Trump\u2019s possible arrest, is currently\u00a0facing calls for his disbarment after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/valiantnews.com\/2023\/03\/trump-indictment-postponed-after-da-allegedly-hid-evidence-from-grand-jury\/\">allegedly withholding vast amounts of exculpatory evidence<\/a>\u00a0from the Grand Jury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Michael Cohen is far from solid evidence:&quot; Cohen&#39;s former legal advisor Robert Costello attacked his ex-client&#39;s credibility as the &quot;star witness&quot; in the hush money case against former President Donald Trump. More: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/crLKBCYjsW\">https:\/\/t.co\/crLKBCYjsW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TYRpvSmR9W\">pic.twitter.com\/TYRpvSmR9W<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NewsNation (@NewsNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsNation\/status\/1637939140548329474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The revelation came after Bob Costello, the former attorney for ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, raised questions about Cohen\u2019s reliability as a witness against and claimed Bragg withheld hundreds of pages of documents and emails from the Grand Jury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMichael Cohen is far from solid evidence,\u201d added Costello. \u201cThis guy, by any prosecutors\u2019 standard\u2014and I used to be deputy chief of the criminal division in the Southern District of New York\u2014I wouldn\u2019t have touched a guy like Michael Cohen, especially if he\u2019s a convicted perjurer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/valiantnews.com\/2023\/03\/gaetz-desantis-should-be-standing-in-the-breach-to-protect-trump-from-soros-backed-da\/\">https:\/\/valiantnews.com\/2023\/03\/gaetz-desantis-should-be-standing-in-the-breach-to-protect-trump-from-soros-backed-da\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Matt Gaetz says Florida Governor Ron DeSantis shouldn\u2019t allow Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who received funding from billionaire financier George Soros, to stage what many see as the politically motivated arrest of 45th President Donald Trump, who remains a resident of the state. The Florida politician said DeSantis should act to stop any sort of extradition of Trump, who may be arrested due to 2016 \u201chush money\u201d payments in an unprecedented move by Bragg and his office. \u201cIf [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trump"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2251,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249\/revisions\/2251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}