announced he would ask the Florida Supreme Court to form a grand jury to investigate makers of the COVID-19 vaccine, charging it with “investigating cardiac-related deaths tied to the mRNA vaccine” and bringing “legal accountability for those who committed misconduct.” It was perhaps inevitable thatwould escalate to the point that he would finally threaten to bring the power of the law down on his adversaries.
This is not the first time DeSantis theatrically announced he would be locking up some of his favorite political targets. In August, he held a splashy news conference to announce the arrest of 20 Floridians on voting-fraud charges. The indictments have since collapsed as DeSantis’s targets turned out to have been victims of mistaken advice by election authorities — but not before he was able to turn his stunt into a wave of gushy coverage in conservative media.
But the specifics of the regulations was never the point. The point is that the right’s enemies are presumptively a criminal class. Over the years, Trump’s rally attendees easily transferred their “Lock her up!” chant to a series of targets without even bothering with a legal pretext. In office, Trump repeatedly ordered trumped-up investigations into his political rivals. One of those episodes, his extortion of Ukraine, led to his first impeachment.
jonathanchait You mean he stands up for the right of the people against government or private company overreach. Legend.
jonathanchait You just keep sinking lower and lower...
jonathanchait Remember when he used his power to try to transfer nearly $1 trillion in debt from those who voluntarily assumed that debt to those who didn't? Or when his Attorney General declared parents protesting curriculum were domestic terrorists?
jonathanchait I just hope he doesn’t do anything crazy like mandate an experimental therapeutic shot for all federal employees.
jonathanchait Imagine leveraging laws to support your goals.
jonathanchait This has been up since yesterday. 1.7 million followers, 28 likes. 🤷♂️
jonathanchait Trump and Desantis are anything but alike, what a joke.
jonathanchait Shut up.
jonathanchait Legal power as a naked political bludgeon... like impeachment, I guess? 🤔
jonathanchait I'm more interested in the ILLEGAL power of the FBI (and entire bureaucracy) conspiring with media outlets to violate basic rights and serve DemocRATS.
jonathanchait Like when he declared parents domestic terrorists for advocating for their kids at school board meetings? Oh wait, that wasn't him.
jonathanchait The Democrats invented and refined using the legal system as a bludgeon years ago. They tried to impeach the last president twice!!!! The Repiblicans are just now catching up and doing likewise.
jonathanchait worthless “journalism” garbage
jonathanchait Boring.
jonathanchait Was the purpose of this article to make me like Ron Desantis more? Then: mission accomplished!
jonathanchait So he got a spine and actually uses political power for real policy goals. This should be standard Republican governance, but you’re so used to wimpy Republican not fighting and now you’re whining about it. Get ready to have your policy positions OBLITERATED!
jonathanchait BS New York Mag
jonathanchait A naked what? Who taught you people how to write?
jonathanchait Desantis will save the country!
jonathanchait 🙄
jonathanchait “Chilling” can you people find a different adjective
jonathanchait Can’t wait to vote for him for President of the United States.
jonathanchait A few parents in NoVA have some words about this.
jonathanchait “Chilling”. You fool journalist.
jonathanchait Do you know what “legal” means?
jonathanchait Lol ok, nerd.
jonathanchait That is misinformation.. cc TwitterSupport
jonathanchait So incredibly transparent its unreal. 'our new threat is actually just trump, you guys still hate him right?' and politards on reddit will eat this right up, too!
jonathanchait Hmmm, a lawyer who leverages laws. Not sure why you’d have a problem with this unless you like breaking the law.
jonathanchait Out of allllllll the left wing abuse of power, you still incessantly cover the GOP day in and day out. And you wonder why nobody trusts you? Ironically enough with the press being biased to one political party you all are actually the greatest threat to democracy. 😂😂 clowns
jonathanchait Your such a predictable clown.
jonathanchait What is so chilling about the use of legal power? I find the use of illegal power to be frightening and abusive.
jonathanchait Remember when you stalked Michael Rosenberg for daring to write against you beloved school football team? And how getting hit by the NCAA with 5 MAJOR violations was couched by you as “debunking” any wrongdoing. Seems like you haven’t become any more sensible with age
jonathanchait Remember who Says; Abortion is healthcare Mutilation is Affirmation Indoctrination is education Dependency is freedom. Inflation is beneficial. Recession is growth. War is peach. Poverty is wealth.
jonathanchait “Most chilling” 😱 😂
jonathanchait Kyle broke the left.
jonathanchait Oh no..
jonathanchait This is the perfect story to come out the day before the Jan. 6 panel prepares to vote on urging the DOJ to prosecute Trump
jonathanchait Illinois is still under a covid emergency order. Where is your article about GovPritzker’s continued abuse of power? Or since it aligns with your worldview, it’s no big deal?
jonathanchait WTF is even this? you need ratio for this hack job
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jonathanchait Yeah the left never uses its legal and non-legal powers.(DACA,student loan forgiveness)
jonathanchait That's why he bes da Man.
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jonathanchait Umm, the Biden DOJ would like a word.
jonathanchait NY Mag's 'confession through projection'
jonathanchait good
jonathanchait I heard his first promise is to close the New York Magazine. It’s not a rumor.
jonathanchait Hateful radical leftists should only fear the law if they’ve broken it. Hateful radical leftists should fear the law. The Constitution is an angry beast.
jonathanchait Whoever wrote this has maybe 3 friends, lives in a complete liberal thought bubble and has zero social life.
jonathanchait Lol.. like you know.. He's supposed to since he's the states top executive 😂😂😂
jonathanchait Diabolical. I’m literally shaking.
jonathanchait So knowing how the Justice system works and abiding by the laws makes you authoritarian. Ok.
jonathanchait The most chilling 🙄
jonathanchait So enforcing the law is a war on the rule of law. Got it.
jonathanchait Your projection is showing. Delete your account
jonathanchait You are a propaganda rag
jonathanchait Sounds kinda like the FBI
jonathanchait Are you on actual crack? JournalismIsDead
jonathanchait Legal power? Emphasis on legal. DJT hasn’t had much luck in the legal department. RonDeSantisFL has. DJT continues to surround himself with questionable advice, and falls back on peer establishment swamp creatures. ChristinaPushaw
jonathanchait Oh so much journalism here. 😂
jonathanchait So he uses legal means to actually do the things he promised to do?!? What a monster!
jonathanchait Meaning he's just emulating Democrat tactics. Democrats don't seem to like being treated how they treat others.
jonathanchait You mean, just like the Dems? Oh the horror!
jonathanchait You mean, he wins instead of letting liberals always win?
jonathanchait 😂😂😂😂👌👌👌👌👌
jonathanchait Laughs in “bake the fucking cake.”
jonathanchait You mean like creating a law and then suing the nuns of the poor.
jonathanchait Give me a break, do Gavin newsom now if you have the courage, or any of the lefties
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jonathanchait Stupidest article ever
jonathanchait The complete lack of self-awareness is stunning.
jonathanchait Operation Mockingbird II has been launched by the security state. I give you example 1
jonathanchait So he's doing his job legally, and you're complaining about that.
jonathanchait Calling this journalism is chilling to journalists.
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jonathanchait MSM 2016-2022: “Trump is Hitler and Satan rolled into one.” MSM 2024: “DeSantis should hold Trump’s beer.”
jonathanchait A statement made from a journalist at NY Mag not clearly seeing what transpired during Trump's tenure as President is a huge surprise.
jonathanchait Remember that time he was using DHS to label parents as domestic terrorists for advocating for their kids at school board meetings? Oh shoot, sorry. That was the Biden Admin.
jonathanchait Lol what’s good for the goose is good for the gander
jonathanchait How is Biden any different?
jonathanchait Trash article
jonathanchait Someone’s afraid of “Heavy D” - ya know, the guy that handled a Cat 5 hurricane flawlessly.
jonathanchait Look! nymag desperately trying to remain relevant as NY politicians destroy your own state.
jonathanchait Muckraker muckraking again, I see.
jonathanchait Stop.
jonathanchait 😂😂😂😂😂 I don't even know what to do anymore but laugh at the ridiculous joke journalism has become. The *news* is nothing but empty, poorly thought out opinions noone wants. How thefuck did tens of thousands of journalists become State Media toads.
jonathanchait Wait, so you are ignoring the countless of executive orders given by the current president and focusing on a governor who just doesn’t play your games. You’re not biased at all.
jonathanchait You mean like the legal power the J6 committee is trying to use against President Trump?
jonathanchait Like what? Like calling parents 'domestic terrorists'? You fascist clowns.
jonathanchait Lordy
jonathanchait Actually it’s democrats that do that, they even have a name for it, they call it lawfare.
jonathanchait It’s hard for the left because they are the party of lawsuits.
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jonathanchait Im chilled to the bone
jonathanchait Liberal mag hacks back at it. Sickening.
jonathanchait Like Biden does?
jonathanchait 'He does what we do and that's not fair' lol
jonathanchait How embarrassing
jonathanchait What a load of garbage.
jonathanchait Earning that gold star one biased article at a time.
jonathanchait I think you're talking about Democrats, right. Willing to impeach a Republican for crimes they have clearly and admitted to doing, twice. Talk about enthusiasm for using legal power as a naked political bludgeon.
jonathanchait Good. Use EVERY lever. Your enemies use all theirs and they have many many more.
jonathanchait No, RonDeswampi is just angry fat Jeb Bush, & has the same donors. He is part of the establishment not anti-establishment like Trump 🙄
jonathanchait The TDS virus is starting to mutate into DDS - we have our first victims.
jonathanchait You are pathetic!
jonathanchait Have you watched the Democrats for the past years in their relentless obsession with Mr. Trump, et al, and conservatives in general? The only people they weren't obsessed with prosecuting was violent leftist extremists.
jonathanchait Omg. Just when you think (radical) leftist 'journalists' can't sink any lower...they do.
jonathanchait 😂😂🤡
jonathanchait Democrats need a new boogeyman.
jonathanchait LowTtweets
jonathanchait NYSag
jonathanchait Oh using the law in any way whatsoever is miles better than Trump. Trump disregarded the law, completely. Using the law implies a certain degree of constraint and submission to a higher set of rules, agreed on by everyone. I don’t think this is very Trumpist.
jonathanchait “We have to Protect (((Our))) Democracy.”
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jonathanchait Ever potential Republican candidate is worse than hitler. If you still for for this, you’re a low information voter.
jonathanchait Is using legal methods chilling to Democrats because they are so accustomed to illegal ones?
jonathanchait Who should be arrested for impersonating a journalist. This is how you use legal power.
jonathanchait Tah Dah! 💥 And there you have our next United States President!
jonathanchait Now do an expose on the Biden laptop.
jonathanchait Since when is legal power a political bludgeon?
jonathanchait Delete your account.
jonathanchait Next up: “the walls are closing in on DeSantis” or “DeSantis pounces”
jonathanchait One Nation Controlled by the media
jonathanchait NY Mag doing the dirty work for the B.I.T. to bump/probe for reaction?
jonathanchait “Every republican is the exact same as trump” 👏👏 Very nice
jonathanchait Democrat supporters slandering a Republican. How laughably predictable and useless.
jonathanchait 😂😂😂
jonathanchait Constant need for enemy, to cover up the wrongdoing of you leader?
jonathanchait The brainwashing starting now…
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jonathanchait Look at the comments. Just about every single one shows people are pushing back on all the mainstream media lies & propaganda. and other mainstream media propaganda pushers are quickly losing the power & influence they kept a tight grip on. Becoming irrelevant fast.
jonathanchait Boffa gonna boffa.
jonathanchait Biden thinks he could cancel debt to individuals citizens, that's pretty totalitarian ya think.
jonathanchait Somebody’s scared…..
jonathanchait You’re a clown show.
jonathanchait The liberals see who the real competition is in two years I see.
jonathanchait Everyone needs to know what a PsyOp is. This is an example of one
jonathanchait Remember when the only time your eyes got assaulted by terrible fan fiction was if you went to Tumblr
jonathanchait How many goons do you employ to write hit pieces?
jonathanchait Of the many ways Ron DeSantis has mimicked Donald Trump’s political style, the most chilling may be his enthusiasm for getting things done (which liberals find frightening).
jonathanchait 'chilling'
jonathanchait Deceitful
jonathanchait Doesn’t matter who would run, you’ll say the same things with your propaganda.
jonathanchait Shut up.
jonathanchait Oh noes! He is using courts to ensure people are following the laws! How dare he!
jonathanchait Are you familiar with Projection? Who wanted to get a Vaccone, but was denied? Who lost their job who wanted to get the vaccine in FL? How many children were kept out of school whose parents decided to vaccinate in FL? Is the answer 0?
jonathanchait lol
jonathanchait Better to use legal power than the illegal powers exercised over social media by intimidating congresscritters and threatening FBI functionaries.
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jonathanchait Right it’s DeSantis and Trump using LE to politically bludgeon their opponents… definitely not happening with the FBI’s blatant targeting of conservatives…
jonathanchait Imagine publishing an article by absurd leftist hack, Jon Cheat.
jonathanchait As an Independent, I will vote for De Santis just stop stop our border from the Mexican cartels and the trash coming across the border!! Democrats are destroying the USA as PPL struggle for affordable housing because Biden packs in ILLEGALS.
jonathanchait Why you scared? Afraid you may go to prison for pushing the jabs?
jonathanchait Sooo, does this mean that DeSantis is going to come out with his own set of fascist Pokémon playing cards?