Ron DeSantis suspended the elected state prosecutor of Tampa on Thursday for pledging not to enforce the state’s new 15-week abortion ban and for supporting gender transition treatments for minors.
The Republican governor announced the suspension of Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren at a news conference in the county’s sheriff’s office.
Warren, a Democrat, was elected as state attorney by Hillsborough County voters in 2016 and in 2020.
In an executive order formally suspending Warren, DeSantis focused heavily on Warren’s signing of statements where prosecutors from across the country said they won’t use their offices to pursue criminal cases against seekers or providers of abortion or gender transition treatments.
“The governor’s suspension of State Attorney Warren is not political to me.
It’s about the victims and their voices,” said Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister.
“I don’t think the people of Hillsborough County want to have an agenda that is basically woke, where you’re deciding that your view of social justice means certain laws shouldn’t be enforced,” the governor said.
“I’m not going to mince words: this is a shocking political attack on an elected official serving the people of Hillsborough County,” she said
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