Elected state attorney Monique Worrell who DeSantis suspended says he threatens democracy
The ReidOut with Joy Reid
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🗓️ 10 August 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Tonight on The Readout. |
| 0:06.1 | If we're mourning everything this morning, it is the loss of democracy. |
| 0:11.5 | Under this tyranny, elected officials can be removed simply for political purposes and |
| 0:18.8 | by a whim of the governor, and no matter how you feel about me, you should not be okay |
| 0:24.4 | with that. |
| 0:26.2 | Tony Quarell was elected state attorney by the voters of Florida. |
| 0:30.8 | Now Ron DeSantis is using his authoritarian powers to remove her from office, basically |
| 0:36.0 | because he can. |
| 0:37.5 | State attorney Warell will join me tonight. |
| 0:40.7 | Also new details on a possible fourth indictment against Donald Trump in Georgia, which could |
| 0:45.7 | come in a matter of days, but Fahni Willis could charge him with, plus, who his co-defendants |
| 0:51.8 | might be. |
| 0:52.8 | And another big win for democracy, a proposed constitutional change in Ohio meant to thwart |
| 0:57.9 | the will of the public on abortion and other major issues, loses by a mile. |
| 1:03.8 | And clearly, we have a lot to get to tonight, as you can see. |
| 1:10.6 | But we begin with an alarming, genuinely frightening news, a frightening item of news regarding |
| 1:15.9 | violent threats against the president of the United States, Joe Biden, vice president |
| 1:20.6 | Kamala Harris and other elected officials. |
| 1:24.0 | Threats that appear to be tied to Donald Trump's mounting legal peril. |
| 1:27.8 | The threats came from a Utah man named Craig D. Robertson, who will not get to plead |
| 1:33.3 | his case in court because he was shot and killed today by the FBI as they were attempting |
| 1:38.9 | to execute an arrest warrant. |
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