During an April 1 appearance in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis denounced the weaponization of the federal bureaucracy and called for a president to “clean house” of federal bureaucrats.
Since retaking the House, Republicans have mounted investigations into the ways that the federal law enforcement apparatus has allegedly been weaponized against political enemies. Speaking at the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference, DeSantis suggested that the bureaucracy is another means by which the federal government has been weaponized.
He said that the solution to the weaponization of the bureaucracy would be for a president to “clean house” by making many bureaucrats eligible for termination at the president’s pleasure….