DeSantis suspended prosecutors for ignoring laws but calls Uthmeier stance on gun law ‘different’

DeSantis suspended prosecutors for ignoring laws but calls Uthmeier stance on gun law ‘different’

Gov. Ron DeSantis speaking at the Vault in Tampa on May 20, 2025 (Photo by Mitch Perry/ Florida Phoenix)When Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended two Democratic state attorneys in recent years, he contended that both deserved to be removed because they were ignoring the law and not following their duties. But when asked on Tuesday in Tampa why he now supports his hand-picked attorney general saying that he wouldn’t defend the state law banning individual…

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As the Supreme Court edges closer to a Florida war over rifle restrictions—a fight that state Attorney General James Uthmeier has preemptively refused to fight—Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday defended