Sunday, 18 May 2025

Gov. Ron DeSantis Criticizes Congressional Republicans For Not Codifying Trump Policies

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized congressional Republicans for their lack of urgency to codify President Trump’s policies to “stand the test of time.”

The Republican governor discussed Trump’s executive order to abolish the Department of Education with Fox News host Laura Ingraham.

DeSantis said Trump has taken the biggest step thus far in removing the department.

However, he said Congress must act to make the move permanent.

“I think he can, from the inside, neuter the organization, but it will not be wiped off the statute books by an executive order. That has got to come from the Congress,” DeSantis said.

“You can’t win a Republican Primary in this country as a Republican saying you want to keep the Department of Education. And so why aren’t they voting to codify?” he continued.

DeSantis also criticized congressional Republicans for not codifying Trump’s immigration policies.

“This is like so many other things President Trump’s done. They’re not codifying his immigration executive orders. They’re not codifying these things. So while this is good policy in the instant, we want it to stand the test of time. Congress has to be the ones to do that,” he said.

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It’s unclear how sweeping the changes will be, or even if there will be any unless Congress surprises DeSantis and takes action.

“Closing the Department does not mean cutting off funds from those who depend on them — we will continue to support K-12 students, students with special needs, college student borrowers, and others who rely on essential programs. We’re going to follow the law and eliminate the bureaucracy responsibly by working through Congress to ensure a lawful and orderly transition,” said Education Secretary Linda McMahon.

McMahon’s statement that the Department will work with student borrowers contradicts the language of the executive order itself.

“The Department of Education currently manages a student loan debt portfolio of more than $1.6 trillion. This means the Federal student aid program is roughly the size of one of the Nation’s largest banks, Wells Fargo,” the order reads.

DeSantis also said Congress could take action against judges blocking President Trump’s agenda.

“Congress has the authority to strip jurisdiction of the federal courts to decide these cases in the first place. The sabotaging of President Trump’s agenda by ‘resistance’ judges was predictable — why no jurisdiction-stripping bills tee’d up at the onset of this Congress?” he said.

Fox News reports:

When someone responded by asking how such a move could pass when 60 votes would be needed to push it through the Senate, DeSantis replied, “Attach it to a ‘must pass’ bill…”

DeSantis, who sought the 2024 Republican presidential nod but ultimately dropped out and backed Trump after the GOP Iowa presidential caucus, floated the idea of stripping federal courts of jurisdiction when replying to a tweet from Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas.

“Lots of noise about impeachment. We must study every ruling & act accordingly w/ everything on the table (noting: 14 Dem votes required in Senate). But, more fertile ground… 1) House can pass a resolution stating there is/was an invasion, 2) we can defund radical courts,” Roy had posted.

In a Truth Social post on Tuesday, Trump called for the impeachment of a judge, apparently referring to Judge James E. Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

“This Radical Left Lunatic of a Judge, a troublemaker and agitator who was sadly appointed by Barack Hussein Obama, was not elected President,” Trump declared in the post. “This judge, like many of the Crooked Judges’ I am forced to appear before, should be IMPEACHED!!! WE DON’T WANT VICIOUS, VIOLENT, AND DEMENTED CRIMINALS, MANY OF THEM DERANGED MURDERERS, IN OUR COUNTRY.”


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