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The walls are closing in on Ron DeSantis. The Florida governor is in trouble. Now, you see, DeSantis might have thought he was well positioned in his political career.

Successful term is governor of Florida, popular Republican with a national profile, a strong presidential candidate for 2024, especially as federal law enforcement officials raid and investigate the leading contender Donald Trump.

But all of that has disappeared in a flash. As governor DeSantis now faces a criminal probe himself.

This one not coming from the FBI or the DOJ, but rather from a random sheriff in Texas.

We are opening up a case with an investigation with regard to the suspected activities involving the 48 migrants from Venezuela.

As we understand it, 48 migrants were lured. I will use the word lured under false pretenses into staying at a hotel for a couple of days.

They were taken by airplane at a certain point. They were shuttle to an airplane where they were flown to Florida and then eventually flown to Martha's Vineyard.

Again, under false pretenses is the information that we have that they were promised work. They were promised the solution to several of their problems.

They were taken to Martha's Vineyard from what we can gather for nothing, for little more than a photo op video op.

And then they were unceremoniously stranded in Martha's Vineyard.

Now you might say that this random Texas sheriff is a total goofball who has no right or jurisdiction whatsoever to investigate pretty much anyone and certainly not the governor of Florida.

True, that's all true. But Democrat activists are celebrating the announcement.

Aaron Parnas, a Democrat strategist with hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, boasted, quote,

it's official. The Republican Party's top two 2024 presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis, are now under criminal investigation.

And while technically true, this raises an obvious question.

Isn't it sort of funny how that works? Isn't it a little bit weird how all the most effective Republican politicians in the country always seem to be under investigation now?

Even when there's no basis for it, even when they've never been under investigation before until the very moment that they seem to pose a threat to Democrats.

Almost as if Democrats are wielding law enforcement agencies under their control to crush their political enemies.

I'm beginning to think this is the new test of whether or not a Republican is the real deal.

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