Orlando Prosecutor Won’t Back Down Against DeSantis’ ‘Political Fear-Mongering’
The Orlando prosecutor being targeted by Ron DeSantis amid a triple shooting investigation continued to defend herself against the Florida governor’s attacks, claiming Thursday that he’s searching for any reason to oust her from office because she’s a Democrat.
During a Thursday update on pending charges in the shooting—which left a 9-year-old girl, a 38-year-old woman, and a local news reporter dead last month—State Attorney Monique Worrell lambasted DeSantis as she accused him of leveraging the tragedy to probe her office and dig up a reason to suspend her.
“This isn’t about whether I follow the law, this isn’t about whether or not my policies are a danger to public safety,” she said. “This is about the governor wanting to control the politics across this state. And quite frankly it’s dangerous because this is a democracy, not a dictatorship.”