'Former President Donald Trump and his team are on edge about the candidacy of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis because DeSantis exposes several of Trump’s failures. You need to look no further than the current state of the FBI.' -ZacharyFaria
DeSantis launched his campaign on Wednesday and promised that, if elected, he would fire FBI Director Christopher Wray on his first day on the job. Wray has continued to frustrate House Republicans as he has ducked their inquiries into abuses by his agency. He also certainly should be fired: As my colleague Quin Hillyer wrote, Wray’s actions can be described as “high-handed, leftist-protecting, corruption-enabling,” and regularly erring to “favor or protect political leftward interests.
— Matt Whitlock May 25, 2023 Trump's lousy record on key appointments doesn’t stop there. If anything, Wray might be Trump’s least unforgivable appointment mistake. Trump was responsible for putting Dr. Anthony Fauci front and center during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was Fauci and Trump’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that urged lockdowns, including the closures of schools.
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