Article 6DPJY Prosecutor suspended by DeSantis says he’s a ‘weak dictator’ seeking attention

Prosecutor suspended by DeSantis says he’s a ‘weak dictator’ seeking attention

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Maya Yang
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Monique Worrell, second Democratic prosecutor DeSantis has removed, says elected officials are being suspended by whim of the governor'

Ron DeSantis, the Republican governor of Florida, suspended the top prosecutor in Orlando on Wednesday, claiming dereliction of duty" on crime. In return, the prosecutor said DeSantis, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, was a weak dictator" acting undemocratically and for political reasons.

Monique Worrell, the ninth judicial circuit state attorney, is the second Democratic prosecutor DeSantis has removed.

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