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Andrew Warren, the state attorney in Florida, accused the governor of "spitting" in the face of voters by suspending him for promising not to criminalize abortion and gender-affirming care.
There was a news conference in the state of Florida.
Warren, who oversaw the 13th judicial circuit, was suspended by the governor because he thought he had the authority to defy the Legislature.
Warren called the act a political stunt and accused the other of using his office to further his own political ambition, going against the voters who elected him to serve them.
The order suspending Warren pointed to a June 2021 letter he and other prosecutors signed, promising not to use their "limited resources" to enforce any laws that criminalize trans people or doctors who provide gender-affirming care.
Though the state legislature has not passed any laws criminalizing trans health care, it is still legal before that point.
The order accused Warren of trying to be a "functional veto" on the policies of the Florida Legislature and of acting illegally regardless of whether there are actual laws in place.
The judicial district's prosecutor was replaced with a judge from the county that includes the city of Tampa.
Warren said that the people have the right to choose their leaders, not have them dictated by an aspiring presidential candidate who has shown time and again he is accountable to no one.
The veto power of the governor in Florida is vested in the state attorneys.
The firing of Warren is the latest instance in which the DeSantis administration has gone after people or entities in the state that have opposed the government. In addition to Warren, the governor and Florida lawmakers have also punished Disney for speaking out against the state's policy known as the "Don't Say Gay" law. While Warren was the only Florida-based prosecutor to sign on to the June letter promising not to prosecute abortion-related crimes, he is also one of many Democratic attorneys who have taken a stand against abortion bans. CNN reported in June that district attorneys representing more than 10 million people and more than a third of the 25 most populous counties in states with abortion bans would not prosecute abortion-related crimes.
The state attorney in the county pledged not to prosecute abortion cases.
Some big city district attorneys don't want to prosecute abortion cases.
Liberal prosecutors in red states won't enforce abortion bans.
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