Florida newspaper's stark warning about Ron DeSantis

A leading Florida newspaper has published a harsh op-ed rebuking Governor Ron DeSantis amid a clash with a suspended state attorney, including a stark warning about the prospect of him becoming president in 2024.

In August, DeSantis suspended Monique Worrell, a progressive Democrat, from the office of State Attorney with the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, alleging instances that constituted "neglect of duty and incompetence." Worrell has, in turn, sued DeSantis and requested that the Florida Supreme Court reinstate her. During oral arguments in the case on Wednesday, attorneys for the governor said that the court had no authority to consider Worrell's brief.

This developing case was used as the springboard for an op-ed published on Sunday by the Orlando Sentinel. The piece titled, "Florida's high court should reinstate Monique Worrell, because truth and justice matter," cited investigations from the newspaper's staff finding that DeSantis' grounds for suspending Worrell were dubious, and accused him of making the move for political gain, so as to be able to boast about the suspension before prospective GOP voters on the 2024 presidential campaign trail.