It wouldn’t be news to anyone to hear that Roger Stone is playing a little bit dirty in his politics, but his latest threats are fairly bombastic, even for him.
Stone, whose career as a political provocateur begin during the Watergate scandal, has long been a devotee of former President Donald Trump. As such, Stone has a vested interested in seeing Trump back in the White House after the 2024 election.
And while the former Commander in Chief may be considered a shoe-in for the GOP nomination, there are a few select Republicans out there who may be able to give him a run for his money – one of which is Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
Perhaps that’s why Stone is making such a wild threat against him.
Roger Stone, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, said he will run for governor of Florida just to siphon votes away from Gov. Ron DeSantis – unless DeSantis commits to not running for president in 2024.
“I believe that Gov. DeSantis, assuming he’s going to run for re-election, should pledge to the people of Florida that he will fill out all four years of a second term,” Stone told CBS Miami on Friday. “What I don’t want to see is for him to be reelected and then immediately abandon Florida to run off and run for president, particularly if he’s running against Donald Trump.”
And this wasn’t the only time that Stone insinuated such.
Stone also targeted DeSantis earlier this week, threatening to run against him if the governor didn’t audit the 2020 election in Florida, a state Trump won.
“If Gov. Ron DeSantis does not order a full audit of the Florida 2020 vote, I may be forced to seek the Libertarian Party nomination for governor in 2022. And Ron can kiss his arrogant Yalie ass goodbye #DefendFlorida,” Stone wrote on his Telegram channel Sunday.
Stone’s undying support for Donald Trump has been on display for quite some time, but this latest suggestion has revealed just what lengths he’s willing to go to in order to protect the former President’s political career.
