DeSantis privately strategizes to ‘break up’ federal agencies, end weaponization

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (FLV) – One of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ prime policy promises for the 2024 presidential election is to dismantle, reorganize and “reconstitutionalize” the executive branch of the U.S. federal government.

DeSantis has had private conversations with advisors and strategists where he has been working out plans to execute a “disciplined” and “relentless” operation to rein in the executive branch, according to RealClearPolitics.

“We’re not going to let all this power accumulate in Washington, we’re going to break up these agencies,” DeSantis said privately.

The plans come as former President Donald Trump has faced an FBI raid last year over the handling of classified documents, which ultimately resulted in a federal indictment coming from the Biden administration.

DeSantis also vowed to “ship” parts of the U.S. Department of Justice to “other parts of the country” and stated intentions to ensure the agency operates more within the framework of the founding fathers’ vision.

He reportedly slammed the DOJ and FBI for “going after pro-life activists” and parents.

He also called out the federal government “colluding with tech companies to censor information such as what they did with the 2020 election.”

RealClearPolitics reported that DeSantis has been working for months to devise a plan, namely with some members of Congress like Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Chip Roy, R-Texas.

He is also reportedly working with the Heritage Foundation and the Hoover Institution.

The plan to dismantle the “deep state” from DeSantis and his advisors involves moving swiftly and not waiting on Congress.

DeSantis reportedly is not a believer in the notion that certain federal employees can’t be fired by the president, unlike someone like an FBI director or attorney general, which the president can remove and replace at any time.

The DeSantis campaign recently mocked Trump, known for his catchphrase “you’re fired,” over touting and elevating Dr. Anthony Fauci during the coronavirus, a figure widely despised by conservatives and Republicans.

DeSantis has said he would’ve “fired” Fauci.

Trump and DeSantis spatted earlier in June over who can obliterate the deep state more effectively. The former president had told an audience in Iowa that he doesn’t need eight years to reshape the federal government – but only six months.

“I’ve been watching DeSanctus go out and say, ‘I’ve got eight years. It’s going to be eight years,’” Trump said. “Let me tell you something right there. You should vote against him.”

“It will take me six months to have it totally the way it was,” the former president said to applause. “We’ll have it fast. It’s drilling, it’s the wall and it’s getting criminals out of our country that have been allowed to come in so freely.”

DeSantis responded, saying, “Why didn’t he do it his first four years?”

Leaks – another frequent problem during Trump’s tenure – is one issue DeSantis has also vowed wouldn’t be tolerated.

“We’re going to fire people,” DeSantis reportedly said.

“We had personnel working for us who believed in the mission and anybody who didn’t, if anyone tried to leak or do anything, we got rid of them,” he also said earlier this year.

“For the last four years, I didn’t have a single leak in my administration,” DeSantis said. “You could have the best vision in the world, make the best decisions as the executive – if you don’t have people that will carry out that and implement it, then it’s not gonna amount to very much.”

“So, when I would come out and announce our next step, people can take it to the bank that would be executed quickly and the results would follow.”