Governor of Florida and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis on Friday stepped up his attack against the main Republican contender and former President donald trumptargeting him for crime and immigration.

What happened: DeSantis vowed to push for repeal of the First Step Act. a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill passed during Trump’s tenure, reported The New York Times.

The 2018 law expanded early release programs and amended criminal laws, including mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. “He passed a bill, basically a jailbreak bill,” DeSantis said.

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“It has resulted in dangerous people being released from prison who have now relapsed and hurt a number of people really, really badly.”

DeSantis also blamed it Trump’s politics for undermining law and order in the Sunshine State, when the interviewer asked about the ex-president’s recent criticism that crime had increased under his supervision in Florida. The Florida governor continued to try to portray himself as steadfast the problem of illegal immigration, He stressed that during his time in Congress he had been criticized for opposing Trump’s amnesty laws.

He also repeated his claims about Dr. anthony fauci, Who was the director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) from 1984 to 2022 and served under President Trump as one of the senior members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.

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“I think the fact that Donald Trump presented Anthony Fauci with an honor as President on Trump’s last day in office was a slap in the face to millions of people in this country who have been harmed by Fauci’s lockdowns,” DeSantis said.

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