Attorney repeats claim that DeSantis will invalidate Monique Worrell's reelection

[RandySF]

Gov, Ron DeSantis will again suspend Monique Worrell if she wins reelection to the Central Florida state attorney post from which he ousted her in August 2023, according to a lawyer recounting discussions with associates of the governor.

“If Monique wins, I think — well, they told me that the plan is to remove her again, and just put [Andrew] Bain back in,” said Thomas Feiter, who filed a lawsuit this week accusing members of the DeSantis administration of a conspiracy to interfere in the Republican primary race in Florida’s Ninth Judicial Circuit.

DeSantis appointed Bain to replace Worrell after suspending her for allegedly neglecting her duty to faithfully prosecute crime in her jurisdiction. She has denied that and fought her suspension in court, claiming that DeSantis punished her for pursuing the progressive policies she’d campaigned upon.

Worrell is seeking re-election against Bain, who is running as a nonparty-affiliated candidate in a jurisdiction that generally supports Democratic candidates. (An internal poll released by Worrell’s campaign in July showed her with an 11-point lead over Bain.)


https://floridaphoenix.com/2024/09/13/attorney-repeats-claim-that-desantis-will-invalidate-monique-worrells-reelection/

[Jilly_in_VA]

1. Can he actually do that? n /t

[Coexist]

2. he did it to State Attorney Andrew Warren

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/16/ron-desantis-andrew-warren-suspension-00152546

Warren challenged his suspension in federal court, arguing that DeSantis had violated his First Amendment rights. A federal judge ruled in early 2023 that while the governor’s actions were likely unconstitutional, he lacked the power to reinstate him.

Florida’s Constitution gives the governor the power to suspend elected officials for various reasons, including neglect of duty and malfeasance or commission of a felony. Previous governors have primarily suspended local officials who have been arrested, but DeSantis embraced a wider use of the suspension powers before and during his run for higher office.

I think he's running again

[iscooterliberally]

3. It's too bad Biden can't just remove Desantis. n/t