by R. Cort Kirkwood August 5, 2022
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis struck another blow against the lunatic left when he exercised his power under the state constitution and fired an elected prosecutor funded by billionaire communist agitator George Soros.
The Soros torpedo in this case is Andrew Warren, who, like Soros prosecutors elsewhere, does not enforce laws he doesnât like.
The move is another blow to Soros, who has spent millions to elect leftist, anti-law-and-order prosecutors across the country. Voters in blue San Francisco recalled Soros prosecutor Chesa Boudin, and theyâre about to do the same to Boudinâs predecessor, George Gascon, now the district attorney in Los Angeles.
Escorted Out
DeSantis acted âfor what he said was Warrenâs disregard for his duty to enforce state laws, including a pledge not to prosecute people receiving an abortion or their doctors performing them,â the Tampa Bay Times reported:
At a news conference flanked by police from around Tampa Bay, DeSantis said Warren had âput himself publicly above the lawâ by signing letters saying he would not enforce laws prohibiting gender-affirming care for minors or laws limiting abortion.
Under a clause in the state Constitution, DeSantis suspended Warren, effectively firing him.
âOur government is a government of laws, not a government of men,â DeSantis said.
The suspension, which stunned observers, removed one of the stateâs most outspoken prosecutors. Warren, a Democrat, has been a frequent critic of DeSantis, a Republican. He called the 2021 âanti-riotâ legislation that DeSantis championed a misguided âsolution in search of a problem.â Heâs also questioned the need for an election security force that DeSantis has helped create.
Amusingly, Warren âwas escortedâ out of his office, but the newspaper did not report who escorted the hard-left prosecutor. Warren, the newspaper continued, âstruck a defiant tone,â as leftists usually do when they arenât permitted to pursue their ideological urges.
âThe governor is trying to overthrow the results of a fair and free election, two of them,â Warren said. âPeople need to understand, this isnât the governor trying to suspend one elected official. This is the governor trying to overthrow democracy here in Hillsborough County.â
As well, the Times reported, Warren said an abortion or âgender-affirming careâ case hadnât landed in his office, and that when one did, he would just evaluate it on its merits.
Wonât Prosecute Other Cases
Refusing to enforce the stateâs abortion and âtransgenderâ statute isnât the only problem, the newspaper continued.
DeSantis told reporters that the trouble for Warren began when fellow Soros prosecutors, such as George Gascon in Los Angeles and Chesa Boudin in San Francisco, refused to enforce the law. DeSantis asked staffers âto make sure that that was not going to happen hereâ in Florida.
Unsurprisingly, Warrenâs name surfaced:
âIt all came back to this area here, in the 13th Judicial Circuit in Hillsborough County,â DeSantis said. âAnd the response that we got was a lot of frustration on the part of law enforcement for criminals being let go and crimes not being prosecuted.â
DeSantisâ order does not cite examples of Warren not prosecuting individual cases.âŚ
But Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said at Thursdayâs news conference that police have had long-running frustrations with Warren for not prosecuting particular cases.
Other law-enforcement officials joined the criticism, the newspaper continued:
âAndrew Warren is a fraud,â said former Tampa police Chief Brian Dugan. âThis is a terrible day, that the governor had to come and clean up our mess.â
Certain Crimes Not Punished
DeSantisâ order includes list of problem with Warren, the Times reported:
- Warren signing on to a June 2021 âjoint statementâ with prosecutors around the country âto use our discretion and not promote the criminalization of gender-affirming healthcare or transgender people.ââŚ
- Warren signed on to a similar June 24 statement with other prosecutors stating, âwe decline to use our officesâ resources to criminalize reproductive health decisions.â
- Warren enacting a policy not to prosecute âcertain criminal violations, including trespassing at a business location, disorderly conduct, disorderly intoxication, and prostitution.ââŚ
The order says âWarren has effectively nullified these Florida criminal laws in the 13th Judicial Circuit, thereby eroding the rule of law, encouraging lawlessness, and usurping the exclusive role of the Florida Legislature to define criminal conduct.â
Aside from refusing to prosecute criminals, Sorosâ minions have also tried to prosecute law-abiding citizens for defending themselves against criminals.
Soros has spent $40 million to elect at least 75 pro-criminal prosecutors. Warren is one of them.