DeSantis says Trump failed to empty the swamp: 'I'll finish the weaponization of presidency'

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) mentioned former President Donald Trump failed to empty "the swamp" and claimed he would just do that if elected president.

In an look on the Mark Belling Present, DeSantis went after Trump on his report within the White Home, arguing that he not solely did not "drain the swamp" however that the swamp obtained worse beneath his tenure.

WALL OF WASTE: BIDEN CANCELS TRUMP BARRIER BUT QUIETLY FILLS IN HALF THE GAPS

"I feel the query is what are we going to do about it as a result of we had the swamp; the promise in 2016 was that [Trump] would drain the swamp, however the swamp obtained manner worse," DeSantis mentioned. "It is manner worse as we speak than it was in 2016."

The Florida governor used the chance to make a wider level in regards to the weaponization of presidency and the way he was going to struggle it.

"I'll finish the weaponization of presidency. And a part of the explanation I'll do that's as a result of I will are available in and I will make very robust government choices to scrub home. For instance, we may have a brand new director of the FBI on day one in my administration; the previous president mentioned the jury's nonetheless out on the FBI director — I do not assume the jury's nonetheless out," he mentioned.

"I feel everyone knows we want a brand new route there," he added. "We are going to clear home on the Division of Justice. We are going to parcel out components of those companies to different components of the nation in order that we will cease the buildup of energy in D.C. So I feel what we have to do is look ahead and work out who has the self-discipline, who has the dedication to element, who's going to maintain their eye on the ball with the intention to truly convey the executive state to heal. They don't seem to be going to surrender their energy willingly. And they'll eat the lunch of anyone that goes in there and is not targeted on today after day."